Afternoon Market Stats in 5 Minutes

Movers

Indices

• S&P 500 ETF SPY rose 0.77% to $306.91.

• Nasdaq ETF QQQ increased 1.19% to $245.73.

• Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF DIA rose 0.14% to $256.49.

• FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF FXI fell 0.46% to $39.88.

• FTSE Europe ETF VGK increased 0.02% to $50.37.

Commodities

• United States Oil ETF USO fell 0.14% to $28.25.

• Gold ETF GLD increased 0.73% to $167.83.

Bonds

• 20+ Yr Treasury Bond ETF TLT fell 0.05% to $164.65.

Industries

• Retail ETF XRT increased 0.26% to $42.82.

• Energy XLE increased 0.16% to $37.06.

• Technology XLK rose 1.27% to $103.95.

• Financial XLF increased 1.13% to $23.08.

Stocks Higher

• NVIDIA NVDA rose 2.71% to $377.96.

• Tesla TSLA rose 6.88% to $1078.80.

• Workhorse Group WKHS increased 31.84% to $19.13.

Stocks Lower

• Novartis NVS fell 0.76% to $86.70.

• Boeing BA decreased 6.07% to $182.62.

• Verrica Pharmaceuticals VRCA fell 25.52% to $10.48.

Top News

• Vuzix Reports Pixee Medical Performed World's First Knee+ Total KNee Replacement Surgery Using Co.'s M400 AR Smart Glasses https://www.benzinga.com/node/16451582

• Atara Biotherapeutics shares are trading higher after Evercore ISI Group initiated coverage on the stock with an Outperform rating. https://www.benzinga.com/node/16445739

• Okta shares are trading lower after BTIG downgraded the company's stock from Buy to Neutral. https://www.benzinga.com/node/16446642

• P/E Ratio Insights for IAA https://www.benzinga.com/node/16451650

• Altisource Portfolio Solutions Issues Statement Related To Front Yard Residential's Shareholder Meeting: 'Highlights Substantially Lower Levels of Support for Several Incumbent Nominees as Indication of Shareholders' Lack of Confidence in RESI Board' https://www.benzinga.com/node/16451525

Upcoming Earnings

• FedEx FDX will release earnings today for Q4. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $5.01 and revenue of $17,800,000,000. Analysts predict the revenue to be around $16,490,000,000 and the EPS to be at $1.52.

Earnings Recap

• Acuity Brands AYI released earnings for Q3, better than analyst estimates. They reported an EPS of $1.94, and revenue of 776,200,000.In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $2.53 and revenue of $947,600,000.

• Conagra Brands CAG reported earnings today for Q4, higher than consensus estimates. They reported an earnings per share of $0.75, and sales of 3,288,000,000. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $0.36 and revenue of $2,613,000,000.