U.S. stocks traded higher toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones gaining 0.25% on Monday.

The Dow traded up 0.25% to 34,596.04 while the NASDAQ rose 0.92% to 14,243.64. The S&P 500, also rose, gaining, 0.43% to 4,524.74.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

• Financial shares climbed by 1.1% on Monday.
• In trading on Monday, utilities shares fell by 0.7%.

Top Headline

Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE:GNTY) reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results.

Guaranty Bancshares posted quarterly earnings of 81 cents per share, topping market estimates of 56 cents per share. The company’s quarterly sales came in at $32.58 million, versus expectations of $29.48 million.

Equities Trading UP

• ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:PMN) shares shot up 109% to $5.86. ProMIS showcased preclinical data at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2023 on computationally-derived antibody and vaccine from Alzheimer's pipeline.
• Shares of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBIO) got a boost, shooting 80% to $32.74 after the company's Phase 3 ATTRibute-CM study of acoramidis for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy met its primary endpoint.
• GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ:GP) shares were also up, gaining 43% to $4.9750 after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales results.

Equities Trading DOWN

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 1.8% to $74.08 while gold traded down 0.3% at $1,957.90.

Silver traded down 0.6% to $25.035 on Monday while copper fell 2.2% to $3.8450.

Euro zone

European shares closed mostly lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.63%, London’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.38% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index slipped 0.01% The German DAX declined 0.23% French CAC 40 declined 1.12% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 0.19%.

The annual inflation rate in Italy eased to a 14-month low level of 6.4% in June, down from 7.6% in the earlier month.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Monday, with China’s Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.87% and India’s S&P BSE Sensex rising 0.8%.

Economics

The NY Empire State Manufacturing Index fell by 5.5 points from the prior month to a reading of +1.1 in July, topping market estimates of -4.3.

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COVID-19 Update

The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 107,394,980 cases with around 1,168,880 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,994,870 cases and 531,910 deaths, while France reported over 40,138,560 COVID-19 cases with 167,640 deaths. In total, there were at least 691,481,970 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,899,730 deaths.