Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.04% to 28540.32 while the NASDAQ rose 0.03% to 8,948.09. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.01% to 3,224.13.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Real estate shares climbed 0.6% on Tuesday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included IRSA Propiedades Comerciales S.A. IRCP, up 17%, and IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anonima IRS, up 5%.
In trading on Tuesday, industrial shares fell 0.3%.
Top Headline
WESCO International, Inc. WCC confirmed an offer to purchase Anixter International Inc. AXE at $90/share.
The Tuesday-morning release followed a Monday evening amended, restated offer from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at $86/share plus a $2.50/share contingent value right.
Equities Trading UP
Microbot Medical Inc. MBOT shares shot up 85% to $18.65 after surging 77.37% on Monday.
Shares of CLPS Incorporation CLPS got a boost, shooting up 63% to $7.16.
Cassava Sciences, Inc. SAVA shares were also up, gaining 27% to $ 4.56 after climbing 59.56% on Monday.
Equities Trading DOWN
Liminal BioSciences Inc. LMNL shares tumbled 16% to $9.29.
Shares of Agile Therapeutics, Inc. AGRX were down 9% to $2.44.
Stealth BioTherapeutics Corp MITO was down, falling 8% to $4.1090.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.4% to $60.673, while gold traded up 0.3% to $1,493.50.
Silver traded up 0.9% Tuesday to $17.65, while copper rose 0.4% to $2.8205.
Euro zone
European shares were mixed today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.1%, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.1%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index declined 0.4%. Meanwhile, the German DAX dropped 0.1%, and the French CAC 40 rose 0.1% while UK shares rose 0.1%.
Economics
The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index fell 3.4% during the first three weeks of December versus November.
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