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Nasdaq Falls Over 100 Points; Bank of America Posts Upbeat Earnings

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 100 points on Wednesday.

Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.21% to 49,090.31 while the NASDAQ declined 0.67% to 23,551.77. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.47% to 6,931.31.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares gained by 0.9% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, consumer discretionary stocks dipped by 0.9%.

Top Headline

Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) reported upbeat fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 financial results on Wednesday.

The bank reported a net income of $7.6 billion (down from $6.80 billion a year ago) and EPS of 98 cents, beating the analyst consensus estimate of 96 cents. Revenue, net of interest expense, increased 7% year-over-year (Y/Y) to $28.532 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $27.944 billion.

Equities Trading UP
           

  • High Roller Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ROLR) shares shot up 322% to $14.65 after the company announced it entered into a binding Letter of Intent with Crypto.com to launch an event-based prediction markets product in the United States of America.
  • Shares of Lottery.com Inc (NASDAQ:SEGG) got a boost, surging 87% to $0.96.
  • Inspire Veterinary Partners Inc (NASDAQ:IVP) shares were also up, gaining 99% to $0.046. The veterinary services company filed a Certificate of Amendment on Jan. 9, increasing its authorized Class A common stock from 100 million to 700 million shares, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Equities Trading DOWN

  • Briacell Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:BCTX) shares dropped 53% to $5.11 after the company announced it priced its $30 million public offering of 5,366,726 units at $5.59 per unit.
  • Shares of Plus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PSTV) were down 41% to $0.28 after the company announced the pricing of its $15 million public offering of 39.5 million units at $0.38 per unit.
  • Hub Cyber Security Ltd (NASDAQ:HUBC) was down, falling 40% to $0.32 after the company announced a 1-for-15 reverse stock split effective January 16.

Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 1% to $61.73 while gold traded up 1% at $4,643.70.

Silver traded up 5.8% to $91.365 on Wednesday, while copper rose 0.5% to $6.0450.

Euro zone

European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 rose 0.1%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.4%. London's FTSE 100 gained 0.3%, Germany's DAX fell 0.5% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.1% during the session.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei surging 1.48%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 0.56%, China's Shanghai Composite falling 0.31% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.29%.

Economics

  • U.S. retail sales increased 0.6% month-over-month in November, recording the largest surge since July, compared to a revised 0.1% drop in October.
  • The U.S. current account deficit shrank by 9.2% to $226.4 billion in the third quarter, versus market estimates of a $238 billion gap.
  • U.S. producer prices increased 0.2% month over month in November following a 0.1% growth in October and in-line with market expectations.

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