Afternoon Market Stats in 5 Minutes

Movers

Indices

• S&P 500 ETF SPY rose 1.78% to $312.58.

• Nasdaq ETF QQQ increased 1.48% to $242.29.

• Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF DIA increased 1.90% to $263.30.

• FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF FXI increased 0.91% to $40.01.

• FTSE Europe ETF VGK increased 1.23% to $51.17.

Commodities

• United States Oil ETF USO rose 1.30% to $27.32.

• Gold ETF GLD increased 0.06% to $162.42.

Bonds

• 20+ Yr Treasury Bond ETF TLT fell 1.40% to $160.12.

Industries

• Retail ETF XRT rose 2.63% to $42.93.

• Energy XLE rose 2.68% to $41.

• Technology XLK rose 2.07% to $102.44.

• Financial XLF rose 1.30% to $24.48.

Stocks Higher

• Home Depot HD rose 2.78% to $248.

• iQIYI IQ increased 22.88% to $23.53.

• Granite Construction GVA increased 19.10% to $21.39.

Stocks Lower

• NVIDIA NVDA decreased 1.70% to $360.71.

• Liberty SiriusXM Gr LSXMB fell 5.11% to $37.15.

• Genius Brands Intl GNUS decreased 11.28% to $4.01.

Top News

• Moderna CEO Expects To Release Coronavirus Vaccine Efficacy Data By Thanksgiving https://www.benzinga.com/node/16263227

• Two Ratings Agencies Cut GlobalTranz Debt Further Into 'Junk' Territory https://www.benzinga.com/node/16261535

• 'Hilton Cutting About 22% of Global Corporate Workforce' -Wall Street Journal https://www.benzinga.com/node/16265233

• 'Tesla has some major Model Y quality issues' -Elektrek Report https://www.benzinga.com/node/16265355

Upcoming Earnings

• Oracle ORCL will release earnings today for Q4. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $1.16 and revenue of $11,139,000,000. Analysts predict the revenue to be around $10,670,000,000 and the EPS to be at $1.16.

Earnings Recap

• MFA Financial MFA reported earnings today for Q1, lower than consensus estimates. They reported an earnings per share of -$1.08, and sales of 61,701,000. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $0.17 and revenue of $61,926,000.