Midway through trading Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.07% to 27043.10 while the NASDAQ fell 0.24% to 8129.48. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.06% to 2,993.98.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Materials shares climbed 0.8% on Wednesday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included First Majestic Silver Corp. AG, up 7%, and Sibanye Gold Limited SBGL, up 6%.
In trading on Wednesday, information technology shares fell 0.8%.
Top Headline
Bank of America Corporation BAC reported better-than-expected Q3 results.
Bank of America reported third-quarter earnings of 56 cents per share, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of 51 cents. The company reported sales of $22.8 billion, versus expectations of $22.79 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Viveve Medical, Inc. VIVE shares shot up 91% to $7.26 after surging 16.21% on Tuesday.
Shares of Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ACHN surged 71% to $6.24. Alexion Pharma ALXN will buy Achillion Pharma for the initial value of $930 million, or $6.30 per share in cash plus added contingent considerations for total potential value of $8.30 per share.
Ideal Power Inc. IPWR was up, rising 49% to $3.35.
Equities Trading DOWN
Workday, Inc. WDAY shares tumbled 12% to $158.87 following the company's Tuesday analyst day. Bernstein said the company's focus on innovation and R&D spending is a long-term positive but could pressure margins near term. Other firms lowered their price targets.
Shares of Natera, Inc. NTRA were down 11% to $34.96. Natera reported launch of $175 million common stock offering.
American Vanguard Corporation AVD was down, falling 13% to $13.35 after the company reported weak preliminary sales for the third quarter.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 1.4% to $53.56, while gold traded up 0.5% to $1,490.90.
Silver traded up 0.1% Wednesday to $17.405, while copper fell 1.1% to $2.587.
Euro zone
European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.06%, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.42%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index climbed 0.41%. Meanwhile, the German DAX gained 0.46%, and the French CAC 40 gained 0.01% while UK shares fell 0.61%
Economics
U.S. retail sales fell 0.3% for September, versus economists’ expectations for a 0.3% increase.
U.S. business inventories were unchanged for August, versus economists’ expectations for a 0.2% rise.
The NAHB housing market index rose to 71 in October, versus prior reading of 68. However, economists were expecting a reading of 68.
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan will speak in Austin, Texas at 1:00 p.m. ET.
The Federal Open Market Committee will release its Beige Book report at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Federal Reserve Member of the Board of Governors Lael Brainard is set to speak in Washington, DC at 3:00 p.m. ET.
The Treasury International Capital report for August is schedule for release at 4:00 p.m. ET.
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