TH - Nasdaq Surges 100 Points; CoreCivic Shares Plummet | Benzinga
U.S. stocks traded mixed toward the end of trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 100 points on Tuesday.
The Dow traded down 0.39% to 38,718.00 while the NASDAQ rose 0.60% to 17,295.62. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.10% to 5,366.07.
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Information technology shares climbed by 1.3% on Tuesday.
In trading on Tuesday, financials shares fell by 1.2%.
Top Headline
Shares of Calavo Growers, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVGW) rose more than 5% during Tuesday's session after the company reported second-quarter financial results.
Total net sales surged 16.5% year-over-year to $184.4 million during the quarter. Adjusted net income surged to $8.9 million, or 50 cents per diluted share, from $5.1 million, or 29 cents per diluted share for the year-ago quarter.
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