Toward the end of trading Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.52
percent to 12,505.33 while the NASDAQ fell 0.63 percent to
2,828.94. The S&P also fell, decreasing 0.46 percent to
1,349.29.
Top Headline
Markets took a hit this morning on a series of poor economic
reports. With continuing claims coming in at above 400 thousand
for the first time since September 2011 and a huge Philly Fed
miss, investors traded on their worries throughout the American
markets.
Equities Trading UP
NetApp (NASDAQ:
NTAP
) traded up 10.57 percent to $29.99 after an earnings beat
following the close Wednesday and some optimistic guidance.
Shares of ServiceNow (NYSE:
NOW
) rallied 7.80 percent to $30.95 after the company priced its 14
million share follow on public offering.
Zynga (NASDAQ:
ZNGA
) traded up 6.54 percent to $2.28 , possibly in relation to the
strong Facebook (NASDAQ:
FB
) rally yesterday.
Equities Trading DOWN
DryShips (NASDAQ:
DRYS
) took a 17.79 percent hit to $1.71 following an earnings and
revenue miss after the close Wednesday.
The Children (NASDAQ:
PLCE
) fell 14.00 percent to $49.02 des[ite meeting earnings estimates
and slightly beating on revenue Thursday morning.
Shares of OSI Systems (NASDAQ:
OSIS
) was also down, dropping 30.55 percent to $52.99 following
federal allegations over its Rapiscan software.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.89 percent to $85.55, while
gold traded down 0.93 percent to $1,718.30.
Silver traded down 0.36 percent Thursday to $32.52.
Eurozone
European shares were mostly lower across the board on continuing
fears about Greek and Italian finances.
In eurozone headlines, the ECB's Mario Draghi said that the
artificial calm in the markets encouraged wrong policies.
Germany's Wolfgang Schaeuble also came out with some comments,
saying there will be a decision on Greek financing aid by
Tuesday.
Economics
In economic news, initial jobless claims were reported at 439
thousand, above the expected 375 thousand and the prior report of
361 thousand., while continuing claims came in at 3.334 million,
above the expected 3.210 million and the prior report of 3.163
million.
CPI Year of year came in at 2.2 percent, above the expected
2.1 percent and the prior report of 2.0 percent, while CPI month
over month was reported in line with expectations at 0.1 percent,
but below the previous figure of 0.6 percent.
Core CPI year over year came in at 2.0 percent, exactly as
expected, and above the previous release of 1.5 percent, while
core CPI month over month was reported at 0.2 percent, above the
0.1 percent expected and the prior release of 0.1 percent.
The New York state manufacturing index was also reported,
coming in at -5.22, above the expected -8.0 and the prior release
of -6.16.
Philly Fed came in at -10.7, far below the estimated 2.0 and
the estimated 5.7.
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