Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Nasdaq Down 0.5%; Flotek Industries Shares Spike Higher

Toward the end of trading Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.26% to 36,396.21 while the NASDAQ fell 0.52% to 15,789.51. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.12% to 4,785.52.

The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 53,791,850 cases with around 839,600 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 34,799,690 cases and 480,290 deaths, while Brazil reported over 22,246,270 COVID-19 cases with 618,570 deaths. In total, there were at least 281,959,850 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 5,425,280 deaths.


Leading and Lagging Sectors


Utilities shares climbed 0.8% on Tuesday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Pampa Energía S.A. PAM, up 5% and Cadiz Inc. CDZI up 4%.


In trading on Tuesday, energy shares fell 0.4%.


Top Headline


Digital Turbine Inc APPS forged a multi-year strategic partnership with Alphabet Inc's GOOGL Google. The financial terms were not disclosed


Equities Trading UP


Insignia Systems, Inc. ISIG shares shot up 75% to $20.17 as traders circulated a social media post on a potential short squeeze.


Shares of Flotek Industries, Inc. FTK got a boost, shooting 54% to $0.8621 after the company announced it received an unsolicited indication of interest for a potential transaction for all or part of the company. Flotek's Board of Directors has engaged Piper Sandler & Co.


ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. AEY shares were also up, gaining 15% to $2.1101. ADDvantage Technologies reported earnings of $0.05 per share for the fourth quarter, versus a year-ago loss of $0.09 per share.


Check out these big movers of the day


Equities Trading DOWN

Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. PBTS shares tumbled 30% to $0.6498 after jumping 62% on Monday.


Shares of Baudax Bio, Inc. BXRX were down 25% to $0.2396 after the company announced a $4.2 million registered direct offering.


Nxt-ID, Inc. NXTD was down, falling 14% to $4.0793 after climbing around 18% on Monday.


Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 0.6% to $76.05, while gold traded up 0.2% to $1,811.60.


Silver traded up 0.7% Tuesday to $23.16 while copper fell 0.6% to $4.4445.


Euro zone

European shares closed higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.62%, the Spanish Ibex Index surged 0.77% and the German DAX 40 gained 0.81%. Meanwhile, the French CAC 40 climbed 0.57% and Italy’s FTSE MIB gained 0.78%.

Spain's retail trade climbed 4.9% year-over-year in November.


Economics


The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index surged 18.4% year-over-year in October.


The FHFA's house price index rose 1.1% from a month ago in October.


Check out the full economic calendar here

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