Monday, 25 January 2016

Global Stock Market News

D.R. Horton (DHI.N) shares fell 4.7 percent to $26.40 as the No. 1 U.S. homebuilder reported lower-than-expected revenue as its home sales fell in all regions but the Southeast.
Tyco International (TYC.N) jumped 11.6 percent to $34.15 after Johnson Controls (JCI.N) said it would merge with the Ireland-based fire protection and security systems maker. Johnson Controls dropped 3.9 percent to $34.21.

Shares of Dynegy (DYN.N) and NRG Energy (NRG.N) slumped 11.5 percent and 9.6 percent, respectively, after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a major Obama administration electricity markets regulation.

Caterpillar (CAT.N) dropped 5 percent to $57.91 after Goldman Sachs cut its rating on the stock to "sell".

Twitter (TWTR.N) fell 4.6 percent to $17.02 after Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said four senior executives would leave the social media company.

About 7.9 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges, slightly below the 8.1 billion daily average for the past 20 trading days, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by 2,642 to 466, for a 5.67-to-1 ratio on the downside; on the Nasdaq, 2,132 issues fell and 716 advanced for a 2.98-to-1 ratio favoring decliners.

The S&P 500 posted 3 new 52-week highs and 22 new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 12 new highs and 103 new lows.

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