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US Stocks Mixed; Trade Gap Widens In July
2024-09-04 22:06
U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 0.1% on Wednesday.
The Dow traded up 0.10% to 40,978.50 while the NASDAQ fell 0.23% to 17,096.94. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.01% to 5,528.99.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities shares climbed by 1.1% on Wednesday.
In trading on Wednesday, information technology shares fell by 0.5%.
Top Headline
The trade deficit in the U.S. increased to $78.8 billion in July, recording the biggest gap since June 2022, versus a gap of $73 billion in June.
Equities Trading UP
- Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIE) shares shot up 62% to $5.55.
- Shares of Asset Entities Inc. (NASDAQ:ASST) got a boost, surging 56% to $3.1999.
- WiSA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:WISA) shares were also up, gaining 83% to $1.2089 after the company announced that it executed a definitive asset purchase agreement to purchase the Datavault intellectual property and information technology assets of privately held Data Vault Holdings for $210 million.
Equities Trading DOWN
- Athira Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHA) shares dropped 76% to $0.6616 after the company released topline results from its Phase 2/3 LIFT-AD clinical trial of fosgonimeton for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Shares of Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE:OGEN) were down 46% to $0.5740. Oragenics priced its $4.45 million public offering of 8,106,584 shares at $0.55 per share.
- Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:SHPH) was down, falling 34% to $1.39.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 1.1% to $69.60 while gold traded down 0.3% at $2,515.70.
Silver traded up 0.3% to $28.42 on Wednesday, while copper fell 0.3% to $4.08.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.9%, Germany's DAX fell 0.7% and France's CAC 40 fell 0.9%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.5%, while London's FTSE 100 fell 0.3%.
The S&P Global UK services PMI climbed to 53.7 in August from 52.5 in the prior month. Producer prices in the Eurozone rose 0.8% month-over-month in July versus a revised 0.6% increase in June. The HCOB Eurozone composite PMI was revised lower to 51 in August versus a flash reading of 51.2.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed lower on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 4.24%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 1.10%, China's Shanghai Composite Index declining 0.67% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.25%.
The HSBC India Composite PMI rose to 60.7 in August versus a flash reading of 60.5. Caixin China General Composite PMI came in unchanged at 51.2 in August.
Economics
The trade deficit in the U.S. increased to $78.8 billion in July, recording the biggest gap since June 2022, versus a gap of $73 billion in June.
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