Mid-Day Market Update: Dick's Sporting Slides After Weak Forecast; Aeroflex Shares Rise

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Midway through trading Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.20 percent to 16,478.44 while the NASDAQ tumbled 0.03 percent to 4,124.51. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.12 percent to 1,882.84.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
In trading on Tuesday, technology shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.12 percent. Leading the sector was strength from Aeroflex Holding
ARX
and Canadian Solar
CSIQ
. Cyclical consumer goods & services shares declined around 0.71 percent in Tuesday's trading. Top losers in the sector included Dick's Sporting Goods
DKS
, down 16.6 percent, and Staples
SPLS
, off 12 percent.
Top Headline
Staples
SPLS reported a drop
in its fiscal first-quarter profit. Staples posted its quarterly earnings of $96.2 million, or $0.15 per share, versus $169.9 million, or $0.26 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding certain items, it earned $0.18 per share. Its sales declined 2.8% to $5.65 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.21 per share on revenue of $5.61 billion. Staples expects Q2 adjusted earnings of $0.09 to $0.14 per share, versus analysts' estimates of $0.15 per share.
Equities Trading UP
Aeroflex Holding
ARX
shares shot up 25.75 percent to $10.45 after the company agreed to be acquired by Cobham plc for $10.50 per share, or $1.46 billion. Shares of Ophthotech
OPHT
got a boost, shooting up 21.20 percent to $38.13 after the company reported that it has entered into an ex-US licensing and commercialization deal with Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
RRGB
shares were also up, gaining 12.22 percent to $71.65 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results.
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Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of Dick's Sporting Goods
DKS
were 16.69 percent to $44.29 after the company reported quarterly results and
cut its FY14 earnings
forecast. Staples
SPLS
shares tumbled 12.06 percent to $11.78 after the company reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter earnings and issued a downbeat outlook. Urban Outfitters
URBN
was down, falling 7.02 percent to $33.63 after the company reported
downbeat first-quarter
earnings. Urban Outfitters posted its quarterly profit of $37.5 million, or $0.26 per share, on revenue of $686.3 million. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.27 per share on revenue of $680.3 million.
Commodities
In commodity news,
oil traded down 0.13 percent
to $102.48, while gold traded up 0.06 percent to $1,294.60. Silver traded up 0.29 percent Tuesday to $19.41, while copper fell 0.84 percent to $3.14.
Euro zone
European shares
were mostly lower
today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 dropped 0.01 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.29 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index gained 0.34 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX tumbled 0.09 percent and the French CAC 40 declined 0.39 percent while UK shares slipped 0.60 percent.
Economics
The ICSC-Goldman same-store sales index declined 1.3% in the week ended Saturday versus the prior week. The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index gained 1% in the first two weeks of May versus April.
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