Mid-Day Market Update: US Stocks Rise; TASER Shares Drop On Downbeat Earnings

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Midway through trading Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.50 percent to 17,917.45 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.28 percent to 5,141.28. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.20 percent to 2,108.17.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
In trading on Tuesday, energy shares jumped by 1.96 percent. Top gainers in the sector included
Unit CorporationUNT
, up 22 percent, and
Stone Energy CorporationSGY
, up 16 percent. Non-cyclical consumer goods & services shares declined around 0.72 percent in Tuesday's trading. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included
Archer Daniels Midland CompanyADM
, down 9 percent, and
Kellogg Company K
, off 5 percent.
Top Headline
On Monday,
Activision Blizzard, Inc. ATVI
announced its plans to acquire
King Digital Entertainment PLCKING
for $5.9 billion. Activision will pay $18 per share in cash, representing a 16 percent premium to King's closing price on Monday.
Equities Trading UP
RetailMeNot IncSALE
shares shot up 17 percent to $10.26 after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter. Shares of
Unit Corporation
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UNT
got a boost, shooting up 22 percent to $16.65. Unit reported Q3 adjusted earnings of $0.03 per share on revenue of $212.4 million.
Nautilus, Inc.NLS
shares were also up, gaining 11 percent to $19.06 after the company reported upbeat Q3 results.
Equities Trading DOWN AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.AMAG
shares tumbled 20 percent to $32.97 on Q3 results. AMAG Pharmaceuticals reported Q3 earnings of $1.02 per share on revenue of $103.5 million. Shares of
TASER International, Inc.TASR
were down 14 percent to $20.59 after the company reported downbeat Q3 earnings.
Avis Budget Group Inc.CAR
was down, falling 14 percent to $44.85 after the company reported weaker-than-expected earnings for the third quarter and issued a weak FY15 forecast.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 2.51 percent to $47.30, while gold traded down 1.20 percent to $1,122.30. Silver traded down 0.70 percent Tuesday to $15.30, while copper fell 0.22 percent to $2.31.
Eurozone
European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 climbed 0.33 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.30 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index dipped 0.10 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX declined 0.11 percent, and the French CAC 40 gained 0.23 percent, while U.K. shares rose 0.20 percent.
Economics
US factory orders declined 1.00 percent in September, versus economists' expectations for a 0.90 percent drop.
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