Crude Oil Down Over 2%; US Core PCE Prices Rise 0.2% In July

Author: Avi Kapoor | August 30, 2024 12:26pm

U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones falling around 90 points on Friday.

The Dow traded down 0.22% to 41,244.09 while the NASDAQ rose 0.27% to 17,563.29. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.11% to 5,598.07.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Information technology shares climbed by 0.7% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, energy shares fell by 0.6%.

Top Headline

The US core PCE price index increased by 0.2% from the earlier month in July, in line with market estimates and following a 0.2% rise in June.

Equities Trading UP
                       

• Brenmiller Energy Ltd (NASDAQ:BNRG) shares shot up 165% to $1.79 after the company reported a year-over-year increase in H1 EPS results. Also, the company announced a projected pipeline valued up to $500 million.
• Shares of Focus Universal Inc. (NASDAQ:FCUV) got a boost, surging 47% to $0.2802 after the company in a Form4 filing disclosed that CEO Desheng Wang bought 302,100 shares of stock at an average price of $0.18 per share.
• MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB) shares were also up, gaining 14% to $280.02 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and issued strong guidance on Thursday.

Equities Trading DOWN

• Paltalk, Inc. (NASDAQ:PALT) shares dropped 34% to $3.6297 after the company was awarded $65.7 million in District Court verdict against Cisco, which remains subject to post-trial proceedings.
• Shares of Catheter Precision, Inc. (NYSE:VTAK) were down 53% to $0.6490 after the company announced the pricing of $3.1 million underwritten public offering.
• Elastic N.V. (NYSE:ESTC) was down, falling 28% to $75.13 after the company reported first-quarter financial results and issued second-quarter revenue guidance below estimates.

Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 2.4% to $74.08 while gold traded down 0.4% at $2,549.80.

Silver traded down 0.8% to $29.74 on Friday, while copper rose 0.2% to $4.2315.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.23%, Germany's DAX rose 0.12% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.17%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.39%, while London's FTSE 100 rose 0.17%.

The unemployment rate in the Eurozone eased to its record low of 6.4% in July from 6.5% in the previous month, while annual inflation rate declined to 2.2% in August from 2.6% in the prior month.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed higher on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.74%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 1.14%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.68% and India's BSE Sensex rising 0.28%.

The Indian economy grew by 6.7% from the prior year in the June quarter compared to a 7.8% increase in the prior period. Retail sales in Hong Kong declined 13.3% year-over-year in July.

Economics

• U.S. personal income increased by 0.3% from the prior month to $24.015 trillion in July, while personal spending rose 0.5% from the prior month.
• The US core PCE price index increased by 0.2% from the earlier month in July, in line with market estimates and following a 0.2% rise in June.
• The University of Michigan consumer sentiment was revised higher to 67.9 in August versus a preliminary level of 67.8.
• The Chicago PMI climbed to 46.1 in August from 45.3 in the previous month and beating market expectations of 45.5.

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