SPRC - Nasdaq Down Over 1%; US Retail Sales Top Expectations | Benzinga
U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 1% on Tuesday.
Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.11% to 33,947.98 while the NASDAQ fell 1.33% to 13,387.41. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.70% to 4,343.02.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Energy shares climbed by 0.6% on Tuesday.
In trading on Tuesday, information technology shares fell by 2.1%.
Top Headline
U.S. retail sales rose 0.7% month-over-month in September versus a revised 0.8% increase in August and topping estimates of a 0.3% increase.
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SciSparc Ltd. (NASDAQ: SPRC) shares shot up 139% to $6.75. Aegis Capital Corp. acted as exclusive placement agent on a $5.0 million private placement for SciSparc.
Shares of Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASMB) got a boost, shooting 117% to $1.58 after the company and Gilead announced they entered into a 12-year partnership to advance the research and development of novel antiviral therapies.
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