Mixed open as new home construction drops

The markets opened mixed with the Dow climbing 70 points to 18,074 while Nasdaq slipped 5 points to 4,954 as new home construction tumbled 8.8% in March.


On the upside


Repros Therapeutics (Nasdaq: RPRX) extended its gains.


Foresight Energy (NYSE: FELP) will restructure its debt.


Rising silver prices lifted shares of Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK).


On the downside


Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) reported better than expected earnings for the first quarter but revenue fell short.


Applied Optoelectronics (Nasdaq: AAOI) reported preliminary first quarter revenue at the low end of its previous guidance and warned of losses.


Preliminary first quarter earnings for Illumina (Nasdaq: ILMN) missed expectations.


In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 4 to 1 on the NYSE and by nearly 7 to 3 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 gained 9 points to 2,103. Bitcoin added $1 to $427.

Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io
Stock quotes supplied by Barchart
Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes.
By accessing this page, you agree to the following
Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.