Mid-Day Market Update: Dow Drops Over 100 Points; TripAdvisor Shares Surge Following Announcement of Partnership With Priceline

Midway through trading Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.68 percent to 16,965.00 while the NASDAQ declined 0.43 percent to 4,775.92. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.46 percent to 1,994.53. Leading and Lagging Sectors In trading on Wednesday, basic materials shares jumped by 0.71 percent. Top gainers in the sector included Coeur Mining Inc CDE, up 8 percent, and Goldcorp Inc. (USA) GG, up 6 percent. In trading on Wednesday, cyclical consumer goods & services shares slipped by 1.39 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included VOXX International Corp VOXX, down 18 percent, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT, off 9 percent. Top Headline Bank of America Corp BAC reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter on Wednesday. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank reported quarterly net income of $4.51 billion, or $0.37 per share, versus a year-ago net loss of $232 million, or $0.04 per share. Its revenue, net of interest expense, on an FTE basis declined to $20.91 billion from $21.43 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.33 per share on revenue of $20.77 billion. Equities Trading UP Liberty Tripadvisor Holdings Inc LTRPA shares shot up 24 percent to $30.03 following announcement of TripAdvisor partnership with Priceline. Shares of SanDisk Corporation SNDK got a boost, shooting up 9 percent to $67.52 after Bloomberg reported that the storage solutions provider is working with a banker to explore the option of a sale. Tripadvisor Inc TRIP shares were also up, gaining 21 percent to $80.96. TripAdvisor and Priceline Group Inc PCLN reported an instant booking partnership. Equities Trading DOWN Cepheid CPHD shares tumbled 20 percent to $31.85 after the company published its preliminary results for its third quarter. Shares of Renewable Energy Group Inc REGI were down 13 percent to $7.97 after the company lowered its Q3 forecast. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT was down, falling 9 percent to $60.48 after the company announced a lowered EPS forecast and a $20 billion share repurchase program. Commodities In commodity news, oil traded down 0.86 percent to $46.26, while gold traded up 1 percent to $1,177.10. Silver traded up 1.31 percent Wednesday to $16.12, while copper rose 0.67 percent to $2.40. Eurozone European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 declined 0.53 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.61 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index dipped 0.65 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX declined 0.96 percent, and the French CAC 40 slipped 0.61 percent, while U.K. shares fell 1.01 percent. Economics U.S. producer prices declined 0.5 percent in September, versus economists' expectations for a 0.2 percent drop. U.S. retail sales gained 0.1 percent in September, versus economists' expectations for a 0.2 percent growth. U.S. business inventories came in flat for August, versus economists' expectations for a 0.10 percent growth. The Federal Open Market Committee will release its Beige Book report at 2:00 p.m. ET.