Mid-Day Market Update: Dow Rises 50 Points; ANI Pharmaceuticals Shares Jump

Midway through trading Monday, the Dow traded up 0.14% to 35,871.27 while the NASDAQ rose 0.23% to 15,534.49. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.03% to 4,603.98.

The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 46,823,930 cases with around 766,290 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 34,285,810 cases and 458,470 deaths, while Brazil reported over 21,810,850 COVID-19 cases with 607,860 deaths. In total, there were at least 247,557,320 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 5,016,960 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares gained by 1.5% on Monday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included HighPeak Energy, Inc. HPK, up 9% and U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. SLCA up 13%.

In trading on Monday, real estate shares fell 1.2%.

Top Headline

PG&E Corporation PCG reported weaker-than-expected results for its third quarter and issued downbeat sales guidance for the fourth quarter on Thursday.

PG&E posted Q3 adjusted earnings of $0.24 per share, missing analysts’ estimates of $0.26 per share. The company’s quarterly sales came in at $5.46 billion, versus expectations of $5.37 billion.

PG&E reaffirmed FY21 adjusted EPS guidance of $0.95-$1.05.

Equities Trading UP

ABVC BioPharma, Inc. ABVC shares shot up 260% to $9.15 on abnormally-high volume. The stock is seeing increased interest by traders on social media. Also, the company filed a mixed shelf offering on Friday after the close.

Shares of Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. II BTTX got a boost, shooting 88% to $17.50. The company completed merger with Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp II on Friday.

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ANIP shares were also up, gaining 55% to $58.02 after reporting better-than-expected Q3 results. ANI Pharmaceuticals also announced the FDA approval of purified cortrophin gel for multiple indications including multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and nephrotic syndrome.

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Equities Trading DOWN

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. MRTX shares tumbled 13% to $164.55 after the company severed ties with its COO and Chief Medical Officer.

Shares of Centessa Pharmaceuticals Limited CNTA were down 19% to $13.96. Centessa Pharmaceuticals demonstrated proof-of-mechanism from first three PiMZ subjects dosed in Part B of Phase 1 study evaluating ZF874.

A10 Networks, Inc. ATEN was down, falling 19% to $15.21. A10 Networks shares jumped 35% on Friday after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 results.

Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 0.7% to $84.16, while gold traded up 0.6% to $1,794.30.

Silver traded up 0.8% Monday to $24.13 while copper fell 0.3% to $4.3530.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.59%, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 1.33% and the German DAX 30 climbed 0.66%. Meanwhile, the London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.69%, French CAC 40 surged 0.85% and Italy’s FTSE MIB jumped 0.99%.

The IHS Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI rose to 57.8 in October from September's seven-month low level of 57.1, while Germany's retail trade fell 2.5% in September.

Economics

The IHS Markit manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 58.4 in October from a preliminary reading of 59.2.

The ISM manufacturing PMI fell to 60.8 in October from 61.1 in the prior month.

Construction spending fell 0.5% to an annual rate of $1.574 trillion in September.

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