Dow Dips Over 400 Points; Paychex Posts Downbeat Sales

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 400 points on Tuesday.

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 1.08% to 39,140.90 while the NASDAQ fell 1.49% to 16,152.79. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.99% to 5,191.80.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares jumped by 0.8% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, consumer discretionary shares fell by 1.6%.

Top Headline

Paychex, Inc. PAYX reported mixed third-quarter financial results on Tuesday.

Paychex posted adjusted earnings of $1.38 per share, beating market estimates of $1.37 per share. The company’s quarterly sales came in at $1.44 billion, versus expectations of $1.46 billion.

Equities Trading UP

VivoPower International PLC VVPR shares shot up 347% to $6.59 after the company's Tembo subsidiary announced it will merge with the Nasdaq-listed Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 Limited.

Shares of XTI Aerospace, Inc. XTIA got a boost, surging 49% to $3.07 after jumping 19% on Monday.

Kidpik Corp. PIK shares were also up, gaining 47% to $6.39 after the company entered a merger agreement with Nina Footwear.

Equities Trading DOWN

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. ACOR shares dropped 87% to $1.74 after the company commenced voluntary proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

Shares of Gritstone bio, Inc. GRTS were down 48% to $1.2150 after the company announced a $32.5 million underwritten public offering of 8,333,333 shares of common stock and accompanying common warrants at $1.50 per share and accompanying common warrant.

Canoo Inc. GOEV was down, falling 33% to $2.58 after the company issued weak 2024 revenue guidance.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 1.9% to $85.31 while gold traded up 1.1% at $2,281.40.

Silver traded up 2.7% to $25.755 on Tuesday, while copper rose 0.8% to $4.0825.

Euro zone

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

The HCOB manufacturing PMI for Eurozone rose to 46.1 in March versus a preliminary reading of 45.7. Median consumer expectations for Eurozone inflation over the next 12 months eased to 3.1% in February. The HCOB Germany manufacturing PMI was revised higher to 41.9 in March versus a preliminary level of 41.6, while French manufacturing PMI declined to 46.2 in March versus 47.1 a month ago.

The S&P Global UK Manufacturing PMI rose to 50.3 in March versus a preliminary reading of 49.9, while consumer credit in the UK rose by £1.378 billion in February. The Nationwide House Price Index in the UK increased by 1.6% year-over-year in March following a 1.2% gain in February.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 0.09%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gaining 2.36%, China’s Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.08% and India’s S&P BSE Sensex falling 0.2%.

The HSBC Indian manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 59.1 in March compared to a preliminary reading of 59.2.

Economics

Data on job openings will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET.

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