Crude Oil Moves Lower; Delta Air Lines Earnings Beat Expectations

U.S. stocks traded lower toward the end of trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 100 points on Thursday.

The Dow traded down 0.75% to 33,551.73 while the NASDAQ fell 0.84% to 13,544.58. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.81% to 4,341.40.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

 

Energy shares fell by just 0.1% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, utilities shares dipped by 2%.

 

Top Headline

 

Delta Air Lines Inc DAL reported better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter on Thursday.

Delta Air Lines reported quarterly adjusted operating revenue growth of 13% Y/Y to $14.55 billion and operating revenue of $15.49 billion, beating the consensus of $14.54 billion. Adjusted EPS was $2.03 above the consensus of $1.94.

Delta Air revised adjusted EPS to $6.00 - $6.25 (prior $6-$7) versus $6.04 estimate and expects revenue growth of ~20% (prior +17%-20%); adjusted operating margin of ~11.5% (vs. greater than 12% prior) and, and FCF of $2 billion(vs.more than $3 billion prior).

 

Equities Trading UP

 

Secoo Holding Limited SECO shares shot up 409% to $1.63 on heavy trading volume. Secoo Holding Ltd. operates online and offline shopping platforms in China, cooperating with brand boutiques such as Versace.

Shares of OpGen, Inc. OPGN got a boost, shooting 272% to $1.25 following two SEC filings from the precision medicine company. The company has received an advanced payment of €750,000 related to the sale of certain Unyvero A50 systems by Curetis to a strategic partner. OpGen also announced a Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. It signed an agreement with a certain investor to acquire 1,000 shares priced at $1,000 each, with gross proceeds of $1 million.

BSQUARE Corporation BSQR shares were also up, gaining 48% to $1.83. Kontron America agreed to acquire BSQUARE for $1.90 per share in an all-cash transaction, representing an implied equity value of $38 million.

 

Equities Trading DOWN

 

RVL Pharmaceuticals plc RVLP shares dropped 64% to $0.0564. RVL Pharmaceuticals said certain of its U.S. operating subsidiaries, have agreed with their secured lenders, Athyrium Capital Management, and other key stakeholders, to effectuate a change of control transaction through prepackaged bankruptcy cases.

Shares of Soluna Holdings, Inc. SLNH were down 37% to $0.1730. Soluna reported a 1-for-25 reverse stock split.

T2 Biosystems, Inc. TTOO was down, falling 44% to $0.1726. T2 Biosystems announced a 1-for-100 reverse stock split, effective today.

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Commodities

 

In commodity news, oil traded down 0.6% to $83.00 while gold traded down 0.3% at $1,881.80.

Silver traded down 0.9% to $21.945 on Thursday while copper fell 0.9% to $3.5790.

 

Euro zone

 

European shares closed mixed today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.10% London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.32% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.26% The German DAX fell 0.23% French CAC 40 fell 0.37%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index gained 0.26%.

The British economy expanded by 0.2% month-over-month in August following a revised 0.6% contraction in the previous month. The UK’s trade deficit increased to £3.415 billion in August from £1.418 billion in the prior month as exports fell to a 14-month low. Industrial production in the UK fell 0.7% month-over-month in August.

 

Asia Pacific Markets

 

Asian markets closed mostly higher on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 1.75%, China’s Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.94% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gaining 1.93%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex, meanwhile, slipped 0.1%.

Producer prices in Japan increased by 2.0% year-over-year in September versus a revised 3.3% increase in August. Japan's core machinery orders declined 0.5% month-over-month in August following a 1.1% drop in the previous month.

 

Economics

 

U.S. initial jobless claims came in unchanged from the previous week at 209,000 in the week ended Oct. 7, compared to market expectations of 210,000.

The U.S. inflation rate came in steady at 3.7% for September, compared to market estimates of 3.6%. The annual core consumer price inflation rate eased to 4.1% in September from 4.3% in the previous month.

U.S. natural-gas supplies increased 84 billion cubic feet last week, the EIA said.

Crude oil inventories in the U.S. increased by 10.176 million barrels in the week ending Oct. 6, following a 2.224 million-barrel decline in the prior period.

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