Nasdaq Falls 100 Points; Siyata Mobile Shares Spike Higher

U.S. stocks traded lower toward the end of trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling over 100 points on Tuesday.

The Dow traded down 0.82% to 35,017.95 while the NASDAQ fell 0.77% to 13,682.54. The S&P 500, also fell, dropping, 0.87% to 4,450.59.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Health care shares fell by just 0.2% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, energy shares dipped by 2.4%.

Top Headline

The Home Depot, Inc. HD reported better-than-expected results for its second quarter.

The company posted a second-quarter FY23 sales decline of 2% year-on-year to $42.92 billion, beating the analyst consensus of $42.25 billion. EPS of $4.65 beat the analyst consensus of $4.46.

The board of directors also authorized a new $15 billion share repurchase program effective August 15, 2023, replacing its previous authorization.

Equities Trading UP

Delcath Systems, Inc. DCTH shares shot up 88% to $5.88 after the company announced FDA approval of HEPZATO KIT for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable hepatic-dominant metastatic uveal melanoma.

Shares of Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. NVOS got a boost, shooting 56% to $0.1107 after the company and Farm 7 Group announced a joint venture for Kenya Agricultural Cooperative Project.

Siyata Mobile Inc. SYTA shares were also up, gaining 32% to $4.3872 following upbeat quarterly sales.

Equities Trading DOWN

F45 Training Holdings Inc. FXLV shares dropped 77% to $0.1681 after the company announced it intends to voluntarily delist and deregister its securities.

Shares of Design Therapeutics, Inc. DSGN were down 70% to $2.2350 after the company reported initial results from its Phase 1 multiple-ascending dose study of DT-216 for the treatment of Friedrich ataxia. The company said there were injection site reactions.

Galecto, Inc. GLTO was down, falling 70% to $0.70 after the company announced topline results from its Phase 2b GALACTIC-1 trial of GB0139 for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which showed the trial did not meet its primary endpoint. The company plans to discontinue development of GB0139.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 2.3% to $80.65 while gold traded down 0.4% at $1,936.40.

Silver traded down 0.2% to $22.66 on Tuesday while copper fell 1.5% to $3.6690.

Euro zone

European shares closed lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.93%, London’s FTSE 100 fell 1.57% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.87% The German DAX fell 0.86% French CAC 40 fell 1.10%

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany rose to -12.3 in August from -14.7 in July.

The unemployment rate in the UK rose to 4.2% during the three months to June 2023, recording the highest level since late-2021. Average weekly earnings, including bonuses in the UK, increased by 8.2% year-over-year to GBP 663/week in the three months to June. Labor productivity in the UK rose 0.7% on quarter in the three months to June.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 0.56%, China’s Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.07% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index falling 1.03%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex, meanwhile, rose 0.12%.

The People’s Bank of China cut the one-year medium-term lending facility rates by 15 bps on August 15th. China's retail sales rose by 2.5% year-over-year in July, slowing from a 3.1% increase in the previous month. The country’s industrial production rose 3.7% year-over-year in July, slowing from a 4.4% growth in June

Industrial production in Japan rose by 2.4 percent month-over-month in June. The Japanese economy expanded by 6.0% on an annualized basis in the second quarter, higher than the revised 3.7% growth in the previous period.

Economics

Retail sales in the U.S. rose 0.7% month-over-month in July, beating market expectations for a 0.4% growth.

Export prices in the U.S. rose 0.7 percent month-over-month in July, while import prices increased 0.4% month-over-month in July.

The NY Empire State Manufacturing Index fell to -19 in August from 1.1 in July, and down from market estimates of -1.

The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index declined to 50 in August from 56 in July.

Total business inventories came in unchanged for June.

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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 107,736,010 cases with around 1,172,110 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,996,310 cases and 531,920 deaths, while France reported over 40,138,560 COVID-19 cases with 167,640 deaths. In total, there were at least 693,580,690 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,907,930 deaths.