US stocks traded lower midway through trading on Wednesday ahead of the release of Fed minutes.
The Dow traded down 0.59% to 34,783.36 while the NASDAQ fell 0.92% to 14,009.57. The S&P also fell, dropping, 0.52% to 4,447.84.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Energy shares climbed 1.7% on Wednesday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included NextDecade Corporation NEXT, up 9% and Crescent Energy Company CRGY up 11%.
In trading on Wednesday, information technology shares tumbled by 1.2%.
Top Headline
US crude-oil inventories gained 1.121 million barrels last week, the Energy Information Administration said. Analysts, however, were expecting for a 1.769-million-barrel decline in inventories.
Equities Trading UP
Upstart Holdings, Inc.. UPST shares shot up 36% to $148.09 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 results and issued sales guidance above estimates. The company also announced a $400 million buyback.
Shares of HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. HOOK got a boost, shooting 56% to $2.09. Hookipa Pharma amended and restated collaboration and license agreement with Gilead Sciences for arenaviral immunotherapy as a component of a potential functional curative regimen for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Cellebrite DI Ltd. CLBT shares were also up, gaining 17% to $8.22 after the company posted upbeat Q4 results and issued strong sales forecast
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Equities Trading DOWN
Masimo Corporation MASI shares tumbled 33% to $153.15 after the company reported Q4 earnings results and announced an agreement to acquire Sound United.
Shares of Roblox Corporation RBLX were down 24% to $55.95 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 EPS results.
Wix.com Ltd. WIX was down, falling 25% to $87.29 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 sales results.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 2.2% to $94.10, while gold traded up 0.4% to $1,863.40.
Silver traded up 0.7% Wednesday to $23.50 while copper rose 0.1% to $4.5345.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.21%, London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.31%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.14%. The German DAX dropped 0.39%, French CAC 40 fell 0.53% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 0.35%.
Annual inflation rate in the UK rose to 5.5% in January from 5.4% in December, while headline rate of output prices in the country accelerated to 9.9% year-over-year in January.
Economics
US retail sales increased 3.8% from a month ago in January versus a revised 2.5% decline in December. Analysts, however, were expecting for a 2% growth in retail sales.
The price index for US imports increased 2% from a month ago in January, while prices for US exports rose 2.9% in January.
US industrial production rose 1.4% for January.
US business inventories rose 2.1% for December.
The housing market index fell to 82.00 in February from prior reading of 83.00.
US crude-oil inventories gained 1.1 million barrels last week, the Energy Information Administration said.
The Treasury is set to auction 20-year bonds at 1:00 p.m. ET.
The Federal Open Market Committee will issue minutes of its latest meeting at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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COVID-19 Update
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 79,639,930 cases with around 949,260 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 42,723,550 cases and 509,900 deaths, while Brazil reported over 27,664,950 COVID-19 cases with 639,820 deaths. In total, there were at least 416,438,640 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 5,858,920 deaths.
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