Silver Rises Sharply; Chicago PMI Surges In December - Autonomix Medical (NASDAQ:AMIX), Cemtrex (NASDAQ:CETX)

U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 100 points on Tuesday.

The Dow traded down 0.22% to 48,353.51 while the NASDAQ slipped 0.16% to 23,436.70. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.13% to 6,896.56.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares rose by 0.6% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, consumer discretionary stocks fell by 0.3%.

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The Chicago Business Barometer surged to 43.5 in December from 36.3 in the previous month and topping market expectations of 39.5.

Equities Trading UP
           

FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ: FONR ) shares shot up 28% to $18.82 after the company confirmed its take-private deal. Shares of Autonomix Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMIX ) got a boost, surging 30% to $0.6943 after the European Patent Office granted the company Patent No. EP4230133 (the ‘133 patent), titled, “Controlled and Precise Treatment of Cardiac Tissues.” Cemtrex, Inc. (NASDAQ: CETX ) shares were also up, gaining 40% to $2.9500 as investors cheered the firm's return to profitability and shrugged off a going-concern warning that had dragged down its shares earlier in the day.

Equities Trading DOWN

Flushing Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FFIC ) shares dropped 8% to $15.46. OceanFirst Financial Corp. and Flushing Financial Corporation announced a merger agreement and a $225 million strategic investment from Warburg Pincus. Shares of New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAI ) were down 23% to $2.07 after the company issued firm response to New Mexico lawsuit. OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: OCFC ) was down, falling 6% to $18.42. OceanFirst announced plans to acquire Flushing in all-stock deal valued at $579 million.

Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 0.5% to $58.34 while gold traded up 0.9% at $4,383.10.

Silver traded up 7.2% to $75.515 on Tuesday, while copper rose 2.6% to $5.7105.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.53%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.85%. London's FTSE 100 rose 0.70%, Germany's DAX 40 rose 0.57% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.63% during the session.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly lower on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.37%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index surging 0.86%, China's Shanghai Composite slipping 0.004% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.02%.

Economics

The Case-Shiller Home Price Index increased 1.3% year-over-year in October, compared to a 1.4% surge in the previous month and versus market estimates of a 1.1% gain. The FHFA house price index rose 0.4% in October, following a 0.1% decline in September, and versus market estimates of a 0.1% increase. The Chicago Business Barometer surged to 43.5 in December from 36.3 in the previous month and topping market expectations of 39.5.

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AMIX Autonomix Medical Inc $0.6313 17.9% Overview CETX Cemtrex Inc $3.16 49.8% FFIC Flushing Financial Corp $15.38 -8.94% FONR Fonar Corp $18.73 27.8% NUAI New Era Energy & Digital Inc $2.23 -17.1% OCFC OceanFirst Financial Corp $18.30 -6.56% Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs

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