Crude Oil Gains 1%; Deere Posts Better-Than-Expected Earnings

U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining by more than 400 points on Thursday.

The Dow traded up 1.03% to 43,855.97 while the NASDAQ fell 0.10% to 18,948.11. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.41% to 5,941.38.

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Leading and Lagging SectorsEnergy shares rose by 1.5% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, communication services shares fell by 2.7%.

Top Headline

Deere & Co (NYSE:DE) reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter.

The company posted a fourth-quarter net sales and revenue decline of 28% year-over-year to $11.143 billion, beating the consensus of $9.335 billion. Deere clocked an EPS of $4.55, down from $8.26 YoY, beating the consensus of $3.90

Equities Trading UP                       

• Quantum Computing Inc. (NASDAQ:QUBT) shares shot up 29% to $4.75. Quantum Computing announced it received another purchase order for its photonic chip foundry.
• Shares of Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) got a boost, surging 32% to $169.90 after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its third quarter. Snowflake expects fourth-quarter product revenue in the range of $906 million to $911 million, up approximately 23% year-over-year. The company also raised its full-year product revenue guidance from $3.356 billion to $3.43 billion, representing 29% year-over-year growth.
• Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (NYSE:UTI) shares were also up, gaining 19% to $23.60 after the company posted upbeat quarterly earnings.

Equities Trading DOWN

• Cool Company Ltd. (NYSE:CLCO) shares dropped 16% to $8.91 following third-quarter results.
• Shares of Pyxis Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYXS) were down 46% to $2.0650 after the company announced PYX-201 clinical Phase 1 part 1 data.
• Kura Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:KURA) was down, falling 38% to $9.87. Kura Oncology and Kyowa Kirin disclosed a global strategic collaboration to develop and commercialize Ziftomenib in Acute Leukemias.

CommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded up 1.1% to $69.61 while gold traded up 0.7% at $2,670.90.

Silver traded down 0.3% to $30.910 on Thursday, while copper fell 0.5% to $4.1340.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 rose 0.15%, Germany's DAX gained 0.46% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.05%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.02%, while London's FTSE 100 gained 0.57%.

Consumer confidence in the Eurozone fell by 1.2 points to a reading of -13.7 in November.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly lower on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.85%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 0.53%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.07% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.54%.

Economics

• U.S. existing home sales gained by 3.5% from the previous month to an annualized rate of 3.96 million in October.
• The Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index fell to -5.5 in November from 10.3 in the previous month, and compared to market estimates of 8.
• U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 6,000 from the previous week to 213,000 in the week ending Nov. 16.

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