Crude Oil Down 1%; Firefly Neuroscience Stocks Surge – Firefly Neuroscience (NASDAQ: AIFF), H&E Equipment Servs (NASDAQ: HEES)

U.S. stocks were midway lower, with the Nasdaq falling more than 100 points on Tuesday.

The Dow Jones fell 0.21% to 42,216.81 points; the Nasdaq fell 0.55% to 18,982.63 points. The S&P 500 also fell, down 0.39% to 5,813.49 points.

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Leading and lagging industries

Consumer Discretionary shares rose 1.3% on Tuesday.

Healthcare stocks fell 1% in Tuesday trading.

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US producer prices increased by 0.2% in December, compared with 0.4% in November, and market expectations were for 0.3%.

Stocks trade higher

• Firefly Neuroscience, Inc. Asian Film Festival Shares soared 141% to $4.5810 after the company announced progress in research using its BNA technology platform to assess the brain age of patients.
• shares Natural Wonders Holdings national institute of healthwas boosted, soaring 177% to $3.13. Nature’s Miracle Holding announced that it entered into a securities purchase agreement with a single institutional investor on January 10, 2025.
• H&E Equipment Services, Inc. Gaussian Shares also rose 106% to $90.46 after United Rentals announced it would acquire the company for $92 per share in cash.

Stocks trade lower

• Fior Pharmaceuticals Feo Shares fell 40% to $3.98 after the company announced it had registered a $3.19 million direct offering.
• shares Signet Jewelry Co., Ltd. special interest group The company’s shares fell 20% to $59.08 after the company reported a decline in total holiday quarter same-store sales and lowered fourth-quarter guidance.
• Mustang Bio MBIO Shares fell 31% to $0.1534 after the company announced a 50-share reverse stock split.

commodity

In commodity news, oil fell 1% to $78.07 and gold fell 0.1% to $2,677.50.

Silver rose 0.1% to $30.345 on Tuesday, while copper rose 0.1% to $4.3290.

Eurozone

European stocks were mostly higher today. The Eurozone STOXX 600 index rose 0.08%, Germany’s DAX 40 index rose 0.69%, and France’s CAC 40 index rose 0.50%. Spain’s IBEX 35 index rose 0.54% and London’s FTSE 100 index fell 0.17%.

Asia Pacific market

Asian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index down 1.83%, China’s Shanghai Composite Index up 2.54%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index up 1.83%, and India’s BSE Sensex up 0.22%.

economics

US producer prices increased by 0.2% in December, compared with 0.4% in November, and market expectations were for 0.3%.

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