U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling over 100 points on Monday.
The Dow traded down 0.21% to 52,036.64 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.79% to 25,720.74. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.40% to 7,487.38.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Communication services shares jumped by 1.7% on Monday.
In trading on Monday, financial stocks fell by 0.4%.
Top Headline
Shares of Ryanair Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:RYAAY) fell more than 5% on Monday following weak first-quarter results.
Ryanair reported quarterly earnings of $1.19 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.35 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $5.097 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $5.210 billion.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.2% to $82.34 while gold traded down 0.2% at $4,010.70.
Silver traded up 1.3% to $57.035 on Monday, while copper rose 1.3% to $6.3485.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 declined 0.4%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.1% London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.7%, Germany’s DAX declined 0.3%, while France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.2%.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mixed on Monday, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gaining 2.36%, China’s Shanghai Composite rising 0.85% and India’s BSE Sensex falling 0.57%.
Economics
No major economic reports are scheduled for release today.
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