Toward the end of trading Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.58 percent to 25,802.96 while the NASDAQ declined 0.6 percent to
7,444.04. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.58 percent to 2,768.61.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Thursday afternoon, the utilities shares rose 0.4 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included PG&E
Corporation (NYSE: PCG) up 6 percent, and
Genie Energy Ltd (NYSE: GNE) up 4
percent.
In trading on Thursday, energy shares fell 1.8 percent.
Top Headline
Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) reported
downbeat results for its fourth quarter.
Domino's Pizza said it earned $2.62 per share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $1.082 billion. However, analysts were
expecting earnings of $2.70 per share and revenue of $1.1 billion. U.S. same-store sales rose 5.6 percent, while international
same-store sales gained 2.4 percent.
Domino's Pizza raised its quarterly dividend by 18 percent to 65 cents a share.
Equities Trading UP
Immune Design Corp. (NASDAQ: IMDZ)
shares got a boost, shooting up 311 percent to $5.83 after Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) announced plans to acquire the company at $5.85 per share in cash or $300
million.
Shares of Delphi Technologies PLC (NYSE: DLPH) shot up 20 percent to $21.86 after reporting stronger-than-expected earnings
for its fourth quarter.
Zosano Pharma Corporation (NASDAQ: ZSAN) shares were also up, gaining 169 percent to $5.95 after the company reported
completion of final milestone for the long-term study of Qtrypta for the acute treatment of migraine disease.
Equities Trading DOWN
Libbey Inc. (NYSE: LBY) shares dropped 38
percent to $3.53 after reporting Q4 results.
Shares of Carbon Black, Inc (NASDAQ: CBLK) were down 24 percent to $12.55 after the company issued Q1 EPS and sales
guidance under analyst estimates. JP Morgan downgraded Carbon Black from Overweight to Neutral and lowered the price target from
$30 to $15.
Summer Infant, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMR) was down, falling around 22 percent to $0.82 after the company missed Q4 EPS
and sales estimates.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.45 percent to $56.90 while gold traded down 1.4 percent to $1,329.00.
Silver traded down 2.3 percent Thursday to $15.91, while copper fell 0.68 percent to $2.9005.
Eurozone
European shares closed mixed today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.28 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.11 percent, while
Italy’s FTSE MIB Index declined 0.47 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX gained 0.19 percent, and the French CAC 40 rose 0.01 percent
while U.K. shares fell 0.85 percent.
Economics
U.S. durable goods orders rose 1.2 percent in December, versus economists’ expectations for a 0.8 percent increase.
Initial jobless claims dropped 23,000 to 216,000 in the latest week. However, economists were expecting a reading of 229,000.
The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index declined to a reading of -4.1 in February, compared to 17 in the previous month.
However, economists were projecting a reading of 15.6.
The flash reading of the IHS Markit manufacturing PMI dropped to 53.7 in February, versus a reading of 54.9 in January.
Existing-home sales fell 1.2 percent at an annual rate of 4.94 million in January.
The index of leading economic indicators declined 0.1 percent for February.
Domestic supplies of natural gas dropped 177 billion cubic feet for the week ended February 15, the U.S. Energy Information
Administration reported. Analysts expected a decline of 165 billion cubic foot.
Domestic crude supplies rose 3.67 million barrels for the week ended February 15, the U.S. Energy Information Administration
reported. Analysts projected a gain of 3.5 million barrels. Gasoline stockpiles fell 1.45 million barrels, while distillate
stockpiles declined 1.52 million barrels last week.
Data on money supply for the recent week will be released at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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