U.S. stocks traded lower toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 100 points on Wednesday.
The Dow traded down 0.35% to 33,025.71 while the NASDAQ fell 2.45% to 12,817.76. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1.48% to 4,184.98.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Consumer staples shares rose by 0.3% on Wednesday.
In trading on Wednesday, communication services shares dipped by 5.9%.
Top Headline
Alphabet Inc GOOGL shares fell around 10% on Wednesday on the heels of the company's third-quarter financial results.
Alphabet said revenue increased 11% year-over-year to $76.69 billion, which beat the consensus estimate of $75.94 billion. The company reported quarterly earnings of $1.55 per share, which also beat analyst estimates. However, the company recorded downbeat performance for its cloud computing unit.
Equities Trading UP
Abri SPAC I, Inc. ASPA shares shot up 122% to $27.75 after the company announced its stockholders approved of the proposed merger with DLQ, Inc.
Shares of BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. BTAI got a boost, shooting 21% to $2.84 after announcing positive findings from an independent third party audit of the data integrity at TRANQUILITY II Phase 3 trial site.
Stride, Inc. LRN shares were also up, gaining 18% to $52.65 after the company reported first-quarter results.
Equities Trading DOWN
Sonnet BioTherapeutics Holdings, Inc. SONN shares dropped 28% to $1.2961 as the company reported pricing of $4.55 million underwritten public offering.
Shares of Appreciate Holdings, Inc. SFR were down 24% to $0.1125. Appreciate Holdings received a notice from Nasdaq regarding delisting.
Vicor Corporation VICR was down, falling 28% to $38.20 after reporting results for the third quarter.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 1.7% to $85.12 while gold traded up 0.4% at $1,994.50.
Silver traded down 0.3% to $23.04 on Wednesday while copper fell 1% to $3.5880.
Euro zone
European shares closed mostly higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.04%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.33% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 0.10% The German DAX gained 0.08% French CAC 40 gained 0.31%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 0.52%.
The Ifo Business Climate indicator for Germany increased by 1.1 points from the earlier month to a reading of 86.9 in October. Bank lending to households in the Eurozone increased by 0.8% year-over-year in September, down from market estimates of 1%. Producer prices in Spain declined by 8.6% year-over-year in September versus a revised 9.9% drop in the previous month.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mostly higher on Wednesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 rising 0.67%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 0.55% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.40%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex, meanwhile, fell around 0.8%.
The index of leading economic indicators in Japan fell to 109.2 in August versus a flash reading of 109.5, while the index of coincident economic indicators rose to 114.6 in August versus a preliminary reading of 114.3. Australian inflation rate declined to 5.4% year-over-year in the third quarter compared to 6.0% in the earlier period.
Economics
Mortgage applications in the U.S. declined by 1% in the week ending Oct. 20.
Building permits in the U.S. fell by 4.5% to an annual rate of 1.471 million in September.
U.S. new home sales climbed by 12.3% to an annualized rate of 759,000 in September versus a revised 676,000 in the prior month.
Crude oil inventories in the U.S. climbed by 1.371 million barrels in the week ending Oct. 20, following a 4.491 million decline in the prior period.
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