Toward the end of trading Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.01% to 27,217.57 while the NASDAQ rose 0.01% to 8,293.82. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.15% to 3,016.44.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Energy shares climbed 1% on Tuesday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included CNX Resources Corporation CNX, up 28%, and Nabors Industries Ltd. NBR, up 26%.
In trading on Tuesday, utilities shares fell 0.9%.
Top Headline
Procter & Gamble Co PG reported better-than-expected Q4 results.
Procter & Gamble reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.10 per share, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.05. The company reported quarterly sales of $17.1 billion, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $16.86 billion.
Equities Trading UP
LSB Industries, Inc. LXU shares shot up 26% to $5.01 after the company reported Q2 results.
Shares of CNX Resources Corporation CNX got a boost, shooting up 27% to $7.88 after reporting Q2 results.
Iradimed Corp IRMD shares were also up, gaining 33% to $24.00 after the company posted upbeat Q2 results and raised FY19 EPS guidance.
Equities Trading DOWN
McDermott International, Inc. MDR shares tumbled 36% to $6.47 after the company reported downbeat results for its second quarter and issued FY19 sales guidance below analyst estimates.
Shares of Granite Construction Incorporated GVA were down 19% to $36.01 after reporting preliminary results for its second quarter. Granite reported preliminary Q2 EPS of $(2.10)-$(2.05) and sales of $785 million to $790 million.
Gartner, Inc. IT was down, falling 19% to $138.21 after the company issued FY19 guidance below analyst estimates.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 2.1% to $58.06, while gold traded up 0.8% to $1,431.60.
Silver traded up 0.9% Tuesday to $16.585, while copper fell 1.5% to $2.676.
Euro zone
European shares closed lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 1.47%, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 2.48%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index dropped 1.99%. Meanwhile, the German DAX slipped 2.18%, and the French CAC 40 fell 1.61% while UK shares fell 0.52%.
Economics
The Federal Open Market Committee will begin its two-day policy meeting today.
U.S. personal income rose 0.4% for June, while consumer spending increased 0.3% last month.
The S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller home price index increased 2.4% year-over-year in May, versus a 2.5% rise in the prior month.
The Conference Board consumer confidence index rose to 135.7 in July, versus previous reading of 124.3.
The pending home sales index rose 2.8% for June.
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