Dow Falls Over 100 Points; US Crude Oil Stocks Decline

U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 100 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 0.24% to 44,750.49 while the NASDAQ fell 0.96% to 18,991.03. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.49% to 5,991.97.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Real estate shares jumped by 1% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, information technology shares fell by 1.8%.

Top Headline

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by 1.844 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 22, compared to market estimates of a 1.1 million fall.

Equities Trading UP
                       

• Urban Outfitters, Inc URBN shares shot up 15% to $46.07 following third-quarter earnings. Citigroup upgraded the stock to Buy following the report.
• Shares of Iris Energy Limited  IREN got a boost, surging 26% to $12.00 on the heels of the company's first-quarter financial results. Multiple analysts raised price targets following the print.
• Unusual Machines, Inc. UMAC shares were also up, gaining 82% to $10.08 after the company announced that Donald Trump Jr. has joined its advisory board.

Equities Trading DOWN

• Symbotic Inc. SYM shares dropped 40% to $22.44 after the company cut its first-quarter revenue forecast.
• Shares of Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. OTLK were down 61% to $1.8900 after the company announced it plans to resubmit the biologics license application for ONS-5010 after reporting preliminary topline results of its Norse eight clinical trial.
• HP Inc. HPQ was down, falling 13% to $34.10 after the company reported fourth-quarter financial results and issued first-quarter adjusted EPS guidance below estimates.

Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 0.1% to $68.84 while gold traded up 0.7% at $2,640.80.

Silver traded down 0.7% to $30.170 on Wednesday, while copper rose 0.7% to $4.1475.

Euro zone

European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 slipped 0.25%, Germany's DAX fell 0.23% and France's CAC 40 dipped 0.78%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.30%, while London's FTSE 100 rose 0.14%.

The GfK Consumer Climate Indicator for Germany declined to a reading of -23.3 points heading into December, recording the lowest level since May.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly higher on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.80%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 2.32%, China's Shanghai Composite Index climbing 1.53% and India's BSE Sensex gaining 0.29%.

Economics

• The U.S. economy grew by an annualized rate of 2.8% in the third quarter, the same as in the flash reading, versus 3% in the previous quarter.
• U.S. initial jobless claims came in unchanged at 213,000 for the week ending Nov. 23, compared to market estimates of 216,000.
• The U.S. goods trade deficit shrank to $99.1 billion in October versus a revised gap of $108.7 billion in the previous month.
• U.S. wholesale inventories increased by 0.2% month-over-month to $905 billion in October, compared to a 0.2% decline in the prior month.
• The Chicago PMI fell to 40.2 in November compared to 41.6 in September.
• U.S. crude oil inventories declined by 1.844 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 22, compared to market estimates of a 1.1 million fall.
• U.S. personal income increased by 0.6% month-over-month to $24.96 trillion in October, while personal spending rose by 0.4% to an annualized rate of $20.1 trillion.
• The US core PCE price index increased by 0.3% month-over-month in October, the same pace as in the previous month, in-line with market estimates.
• U.S. pending home sales rose 2% month-over-month in October compared to a revised 7.5% gain in September.

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