U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling over 50 points on Monday.
Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded down 0.18% to 35,328.05 while the NASDAQ fell 0.13% to 14,231.78. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.25% to 4,548.14.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Communication services shares edged higher on Monday.
In trading on Monday, energy shares fell by 0.7%.
Top Headline
Shopify Inc SHOP merchants accomplished a record-breaking $4.1 billion in sales on Black Friday, marking a 22% increase from the previous year.
Sales peaked when collective sales reached $4.2 million per minute at 12:01 p.m. EST.
Equities Trading UP
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. RDHL shares shot up 130% to $0.7241 after the company announced the FDA has granted five years' market exclusivity for Talicia.
Shares of Biodexa Pharmaceuticals Plc BDRX got a boost, shooting 75% to $4.69 after the company announced it entered into agreements to acquire an exclusive worldwide license to tolimidone.
Tharimmune, Inc. THAR shares were also up, gaining 53% to $4.41 after the company reported Phase 1 data on TH104 for chronic pruritis in primary biliary cholangitis.
Equities Trading DOWN
BioNexus Gene Lab Corp. BGLC shares dropped 21% to $0.71 after jumping 144% on Friday.
Shares of Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. IMPL were down 14% to $0.73 after gaining 8% on Friday. Impel Pharmaceuticals recently announced exploration of strategic alternatives.
ProQR Therapeutics N.V. PRQR was down, falling 18% to $1.21.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.3% to $75.34 while gold traded up 0.5% at $2,012.40.
Silver traded up 2% to $24.82 on Monday while copper fell 0.8% to $3.7595.
Euro zone
European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.1%, London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.2% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 0.3% The German DAX fell 0.2% French CAC 40 slipped 0.1%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index rose 0.1%.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed lower on Monday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 falling 0.53%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index falling 0.20% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.30%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex, meanwhile, fell 0.1%.
Hong Kong’s trade deficit increased to $25.8 billion in October from $20.9 billion in the year-ago month. Profits earned by Chinese industrial firms fell by 7.8% year-over-year to CNY 6,115.42 billion in the first ten months of 2023, compared to a 9.0 % decline in the previous period.
Economics
Data on new home sales will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET.
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