U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones gaining more than 30 points on Monday.
The Dow traded up 0.94% to 33,687.69 while the NASDAQ rose 1.93% to 11,355.16. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 1.31% to 4,024.60.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
- Information technology shares jumped by 2.7% on Monday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Presto Automation Inc. (NASDAQ:PRST), up 18%, and Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (NYSE:DBD), up 13%.
- In trading on Monday, materials shares rose by just 0.2%.
Top Headline
U.S. leading indicators fell 1% in December.
Equities Trading UP
- Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.. (NASDAQ:PLRX) shares shot up 48% to $33.30 after the company announced its trial for patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis met its primary and secondary endpoints.
- Shares of Verb Technology Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:VERB) got a boost, shooting 92% to $0.44 after the company announced its board of directors has begun examining measures to address the alleged illegal short selling of its stock, among other suspected trading violations.
- Intelligent Bio Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:INBS) shares were also up, gaining 344% to $1.1975 after the company announced it successfully completed the review of results from Milestone 7, a phase of its biosensor platform development.
Equities Trading DOWN
- Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRX) shares tumbled 33% to $14.00 after Teva Pharmaceuticals stated it plans to sell a generic version of Catalyst’s FIRDAPSE in the United States.
- Shares of AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:ANPC) were down 16% to $8.11. AnPac Bio-Medical Sciences announced receipt of staff delisting determination from the Nasdaq.
- Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) was down, falling 16% to $5.33. Jaguar Health announced establishment of board of directors for newly formed joint venture Magdalena Biosciences.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 1.1% to $82.50 while gold traded down 0.2% at $1,924.20.
Silver traded down 2.7% to $23.29 on Monday while copper rose 0.3% to $4.2625.
Euro zone
European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.59%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.27% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index gained 0.32%. The German DAX gained 0.53% French CAC 40 gained 0.63% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index rose 0.18%.
The consumer confidence indicator in the Eurozone increased by 1.1 points to -20.9 in January, recording the highest level since February 2022.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed higher on Monday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 adding 1.33% and India’s S&P BSE Sensex gaining 0.5%. Many Asian markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holidays.
Economics
U.S. leading indicators fell 1% in December.
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COVID-19 Update
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 103,856,210 cases with around 1,128,800 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,682,010 cases and 530,730 deaths, while France reported over 39,484,540 COVID-19 cases with 163,750 deaths. In total, there were at least 673,376,870 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,746,780 deaths.