Toward the end of trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.11% to 34,973.31 while the NASDAQ fell 0.69% to 14,543.67. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.29% to 4,361.49.
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 33,947,230 cases with around 608,110 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 30,987,880 cases and 411,980 deaths, while Brazil reported over 19,209,720 COVID-19 cases with 537,390 deaths. In total, there were at least 188,477,290 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 4,060,290 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities shares rose by 0.7% on Thursday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included IDACORP, Inc. IDA, up 2%, and Northwest Natural Holding Company NWN, up 2%.
In trading on Thursday, information technology shares fell 0.7%.
Top Headline
Morgan Stanley MS reported better-than-expected results for its second quarter on Thursday.
Morgan Stanley reported quarterly earnings of $1.85 per share, exceeding analysts’ estimates of $1.65 per share. The company’s revenue came in at $14.80 billion, versus expectations of $13.96 billion.
Equities Trading UP
FVCBankcorp, Inc. FVCB shares shot up 15% to $19.95 after the company, and Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. BRBS, announced an all-stock merger of equals. FVCBankcorp shareholders to receive 1.1492 shares of Blue Ridge stock.
Shares of Cinedigm Corp. CIDM got a boost, shooting 29% to $1.3940 after the company reported preliminary fourth-quarter FY21 revenue growth of 197% year-on-year to $8.3 million, above the analyst consensus of $7.7 million.
Quantum Computing Inc. QUBT shares were also up, gaining 23% to $7.01. Quantum Computing listed its shares to the Nasdaq Capital Market®.
Check out these big movers of the day
Equities Trading DOWN
IMV Inc. IMV shares tumbled 26% to $1.5450 after the company priced its previously-announced underwritten public offering of 14.3 million shares at $1.75 per Unit, for gross proceeds of approximately $25 million.
Shares of Dogness (International) Corporation DOGZ were down 25% to $1.76 after the company announced it entered into an agreement for a registered direct offering of roughly $3.96 millionClass A common shares.
voxeljet AG VJET was down, falling 23% to $9.21 as the company reported a proposed offering of €1,770,175 ordinary shares.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.9% to $72.48, while gold traded up 0.1% to $1,827.00.
Silver traded up 0.4% Thursday to $26.365 while copper rose 1.1% to $4.3160.
Euro zone
European shares closed lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.95%, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 1.52% and the German DAX 30 dropped 1.01%. Meanwhile, the London’s FTSE 100 fell 1.12%, French CAC 40 declined 0.99% and Italy’s FTSE MIB dipped 1.27%.
Consumer prices in Italy increased 1.3% year-over-year in June. The unemployment rate in the UK rose to 4.8% in the three months to May.
Economics
US initial jobless claims dropped to 360,000 in the latest week, versus a revised reading of 386,000 in the prior period.
The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index dropped to 21.9 in July from 30.7 in June.
The New York Empire State Manufacturing Index surged 26 points to a reading of 43.0 in July.
The price index for US imports rose 1.0% in June, while export prices increased 1.2%.
US industrial production rose 0.4% for June.
US natural gas supplies surged 55 billion cubic feet last week, the Energy Information Administration said.
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