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U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, ahead of interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve.
Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.05% to 33,036.63 while the NASDAQ rose 0.32% to 12,892.45. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.15% to 4,199.94.
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Information technology shares jumped by 0.5% on Wednesday.
In trading on Wednesday, utilities shares fell by 0.3%.
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Private businesses in the U.S. added 113,000 workers in October, compared to market estimates of a 150,000 increase and versus a gain of 89,000 in the prior month.
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Cellectis S.A. (NASDAQ: CLLS) shares shot up 154% to $2.45. Cellectis reported strategic collaboration and investment agreements with AstraZeneca. Cellectis also presented pre-clinical data on multi-armored allogeneic MUC1-CAR T-cells targeting triple-negative breast cancer at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer 38th Annual Meeting.
Shares of Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ: PATI) got a boost, shooting 105% to $15.75. Patriot Transportation announced an agreement under which United Petroleum ...