Toward the end of trading Monday, the Dow traded up 0.61 percent to 18,507.41 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.42 percent to 5,240.58.
The S&P also rose, gaining 0.58 percent to 2,181.72.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Monday afternoon, basic materials shares gained by 1.15 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included USG
Corporation (NYSE: USG), and Allegheny Technologies
Incorporated (NYSE: ATI).
In trading on Monday, technology shares rose by just 0.4 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included Formula
Systems (1985) Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ: FORTY), down 5
percent, and American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA), down 5 percent.
Top Headline
USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) and ABC Supply disclosed
that they reached a definitive deal through which the former would divest its L&W Supply Corporation to the latter for $670
million cash.
The transaction is expected to be completed before the current year ends.
Equities Trading UP
Macrocure Ltd (NASDAQ: MCUR) shares shot up 85
percent to $2.24 as the company agreed to be acquried by Leap Therapeutics.
Shares of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: ATI) got a boost, shooting up 10 percent to $18.37. Deutsche Bank upgraded Allegheny
Technologies from Hold to Buy.
USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) shares were also up,
gaining 7 percent to $30.11. USG and ABC Supply disclosed that they reached a definitive deal through which the former would divest
its L&W Supply Corporation to the latter for $670 million cash.
Equities Trading DOWN
Caesars Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ: CZR) shares
dropped 17 percent to $6.25 after a court ruling leaves the company exposed to $11 billion in legal claims. On Friday, a U.S. judge
ruled that Caesars Entertainment Operating Corp (CEOC) con no longer protect parent company Caesars Entertainment Corp from
lawsuits concerning CEOC bond debt issued prior to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2015.
Shares of BOS Better OnLine Sol (USA) (NASDAQ: BOSC) were down 14 percent to $3.00. Better Online Solutions posted Q2 earnings of
$0.14 per share on revenue of $14.38 million.
Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: CORE) was
down, falling around 14 percent to $38.63. Core-Mark reported the expiration of its supply agreement with 1,100 Circle K
stores.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 1.22 percent to $47.06 while gold traded up 0.11 percent to $1,327.30.
Silver traded up 0.72 percent Monday to $18.88, while copper fell 0.19 percent to $2.08.
Eurozone
European shares closed lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 slipped 0.15 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index declined 0.50 percent,
while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index dropped 1.12 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX declined 0.41 percent, and the French CAC 40 declined
0.40 percent.
Economics
U.S. consumer spending rose 0.3 percent for July, versus economists’ expectations for a 0.3 percent growth. Personal income
increased 0.4 percent last month.
The Dallas Fed manufacturing business index dropped to -6.20 in August, versus a prior reading of -1.30. Economists were
expecting a reading of -3.90.
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