Dow Gains Over 200 Points; GE Aerospace Posts Upbeat Earnings

Benzinga · 2d ago

U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points on Tuesday.

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.43% to 52,187.83 while the NASDAQ dipped 0.86% to 26,203.04. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.24% to 7,672.13.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Health care shares jumped by 2.2% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, information technology stocks fell by 1.5%.

Top Headline

GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) reported upbeat earnings for the third quarter and raised its FY2026 earnings forecast.

The company posted quarterly earnings of $2.25 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.00 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $14.118 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $12.849 billion.

Equities Trading UP
           

  • Peraso Inc (NASDAQ:PRSO) shares shot up 66% to $0.64 after the company received production order exceeding $2.0 million for 60 GHz fixed wireless access deployment.
  • Shares of Braze Inc (NASDAQ:BRZE) got a boost, surging 51% to $45.34 after the announcement that company will be acquired by Salesforce.
  • SCWorx Corp. (NASDAQ:WORX) shares were also up, gaining 49% to $4.0001. SCWorx shares jumped 94% on Monday after the company announced an agreement with a healthcare system to provide its healthcare supply chain data management services.

Equities Trading DOWN

  • China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SXTC) shares dipped 41% to $0.066 after jumping 71% on Monday.
  • Shares of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Ltd (NYSE:GCDT) were down 41% to $0.16 after rising 3% on Monday. The company recently announced preliminary discussions to explore and promote green industry and infrastructure projects in Japan.
  • GMEX Robotics Corp (NASDAQ:GMEX) was down, falling 39% to $0.80.

Commodities 

In commodity news, oil traded up 1.6% to $105.33 while gold traded down 0.6% at $4,135.90.

Silver traded up 0.1% to $57.350 on Tuesday, while copper rose 0.1% to $6.5820.

Euro zone

European shares were lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.7%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.4%, London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.8%, Germany’s DAX tumbled 0.9%, while France’s CAC 40 declined 0.9%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 falling 1.30%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index falling 1.32% and China’s SSE Composite Index gaining 0.12%.

Economics

  • U.S. housing starts dipped 5.2% month-over-month to an annual rate of 1.221 million in September.
  • Building Permits fell 0.2% month-over-month to 1.400 million units in September, above market estimates of 1.390 million.

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