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Benzinga Real-time News · Aug 17, 2020 21:46

Movers

Indices

• S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) rose 0.33% to $337.95.

• Nasdaq ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) rose 0.65% to $273.93.

• Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE:DIA) increased 0.16% to $280.18.

• FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF (NYSE:FXI) rose 1.32% to $43.60.

• FTSE Europe ETF (NYSE:VGK) decreased 0.02% to $54.17.

Commodities

• United States Oil ETF (NYSE:USO) decreased 0.40% to $30.23.

• Gold ETF (NYSE:GLD) increased 1.18% to $184.71.

Bonds

• 20+ Yr Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) increased 0.48% to $163.97.

Industries

• Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) rose 0.92% to $51.99.

• Energy (NYSE:XLE) remained unchanged at at $38.21.

• Technology (NYSE:XLK) rose 0.01% to $113.87.

• Financial (NYSE:XLF) fell 0.40% to $25.08.

Stocks Higher

• NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose 4.35% to $482.70.

• Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) increased 11.04% to $29.95.

• Hycroft Mining Holding (NASDAQ:HYMC) rose 10.63% to $11.55.

Stocks Lower

• Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) fell 1.01% to $26.20.

• Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) fell 3.77% to $14.07.

• Unity Biotechnology (NASDAQ:UBX) decreased 61.27% to $4.82.

Top News

• OPKO Health shares are trading higher potentially after Jim Cramer mentioned the company on CNBC. https://www.benzinga.com/node/17120084

• Benzinga's Top Upgrades, Downgrades For August 17, 2020 https://www.benzinga.com/node/17120218

• Deutsche Bank Maintains Hold on First Eagle Alternative, Raises Price Target to $3.25 https://www.benzinga.com/node/17120430

• Atossa Therapeutics Announces Enrollment, Dosing Completed In First Group Of Healthy Participants In Clinical Study Of AT-301 Nasal Spray Being Developed For Treatment Of Coronavirus https://www.benzinga.com/node/17120223

• Applied Therapeutics Says Co. Received Letter From FDA That Placed A Partial Clinical Hold On Action-Kids Study https://www.benzinga.com/node/17120287

Upcoming Earnings

• Arco Platform (NASDAQ:ARCE) is expected to release earnings for Q2. In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $0.24 and revenue of $33,016,000. Analysts expect the revenue to be around $37,530,000 and the earnings per share at $0.14.

• BEST (NYSE:BEST) will release earnings today for Q2. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of -$0.0 and revenue of $1,280,000,000. Analysts predict the revenue to be around $1,290,000,000 and the EPS to be at -$0.02.

• America's Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT) is expected to release earnings for Q1. In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $2.21 and revenue of $171,878,000. Analysts expect the revenue to be around $167,670,000 and the earnings per share at $1.45.

• Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) will release earnings today for Q4. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $1.0 and revenue of $405,127,000. Analysts predict the revenue to be around $386,860,000 and the EPS to be at $0.87.

Earnings Recap

• JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) released earnings for Q2, higher than analyst estimates. They reported an EPS of $0.5, and revenue of 28,457,000,000.In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $0.33 and revenue of $21,891,000,000.

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