Dow Down 100 Points; US Manufacturing PMI Falls In December

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 100 points on Tuesday.

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.28% to 37,584.41 while the NASDAQ fell 1.35% to 14,808.88. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.72% to 4,735.41.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares rose by 1.1% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, information technology shares fell by 1.8%.

Top Headline

The S&P Global manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 47.9 in December versus a preliminary level of 48.2, and versus November’s level of 49.4.

Equities Trading UP

Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. LBPH shares shot up 198% to $17.95 after the company announced topline data from the PACIFIC Study evaluating bexicaserin in patients with Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies.

Shares of Cue Health Inc. HLTH got a boost, surging 42% to $0.2301 after falling 42% on Friday.

Soligenix, Inc. SNGX shares were also up, gaining 36% to $1.0300.
Soligenix announced publication demonstrating complete protection against filovirus disease in nonhuman primate models of ebola and marburg viruses.

Equities Trading DOWN

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. AVXL shares dropped 32% to $6.31 after the company provided an update on Rett Syndrome program.

Shares of LumiraDx Limited LMDX were down 34% to $0.0428. LumiraDx agreed to sell its point-of-care technology platform to Roche.

China SXT Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SXTC was down, falling 29% to $2.82 after gaining 92% on Friday.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 0.1% to $71.72 while gold traded up 0.3% at $2,078.40.

Silver traded up 0.5% to $24.205 on Tuesday while copper fell 0.6% to $3.8665.

Euro zone

European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.3%, London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.4% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 0.6% The German DAX fell 0.1% French CAC 40 fell 0.5% while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index rose 0.3%.

Bank lending to households in the Eurozone increased by 0.5% year-over-year to EUR 6.87 trillion in November. The HCOB Eurozone manufacturing PMI rose to 44.4 in December, from the preliminary level of 44.2.

The S&P Global UK manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 46.2 in December from the preliminary estimate of 46.4, while German manufacturing PMI was revised higher to 43.3 in December versus a preliminary reading of 43.1. The HCOB France manufacturing PMI declined to 42.1 in December versus 42.9 a month ago.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed lower on Tuesday, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index falling 1.52% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.43%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex, meanwhile, fell 0.53%.

The official NBS non-manufacturing PMI for China rose to 50.4 in December from November's reading of 50.2, while manufacturing PMI fell to 49.0 in from 49.4. Singapore’s GDP increased by 2.8% year-over-year in the fourth quarter versus a revised 1.0% increase in the third quarter. The Judo Bank Australia manufacturing PMI fell to 47.6 in December versus a preliminary reading of 47.8.

Economics

The S&P Global manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 47.9 in December versus a preliminary level of 48.2, and versus November’s level of 49.4.

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