U.S. stocks traded mixed toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones gaining around 30 points on Monday.
The Dow traded up 0.10% to 29,327.06 while the NASDAQ fell 0.59% to 10,590.07. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.32% to 3,627.92.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities shares rose by 0.7% on Monday. Leading the sector was strength from Pure Cycle Corporation (NASDAQ:PCYO) and Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ:MSEX).
In trading on Monday, energy shares dipped by 1.7%.
Top Headline
The FDA has approved scPharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ:SCPH) Furoscix (furosemide injection), a proprietary formulation of furosemide delivered via an On-Body Infusor for congestion due to fluid overload in heart failure patients.
Equities Trading UP
- SOBR Safe, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOBR) shares shot up 22% to $3.05 after the company announced a relationship with a distributor with ties to air, rail and shipping industries.
- Shares of Immunic, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMUX) got a boost, shooting 48% to $5.86 after the company announced $60 million oversubscribed private placement equity financing.
- Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:APDN) shares were also up, gaining 60% to $1.98 after the company announced it has received its largest single purchase order for LinearDNA™ valued above the mid-six-figures.
Equities Trading DOWN
- Siyata Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:SYTA) shares tumbled 58% to $0.1272. Siyata Mobile agreed to sell 15.8 million shares and 1.59 million pre-funded warrants to certain institutional investors in a private placement.
- Shares of scPharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:SCPH) were down 24% to $3.78. The FDA has approved scPharmaceuticals’ Furoscix (furosemide injection), a proprietary formulation of furosemide delivered via an On-Body Infusor for congestion due to fluid overload in heart failure patients. Concurrently, scPharmaceuticals secured a $100 million secured debt facility from Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
- Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) was down, falling 22% to $59.67 after the company's CEO resigned and accepted a position at a pre-IPO company.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 2% to $90.81, while gold traded down 1.9% at $1,677.20.
Silver traded down 3% to $19.655 on Monday while copper rose 1.7% to $3.4450.
Euro zone
European shares closed mostly lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.4%, London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.45% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.31%. The German DAX slipped 0.01%, French CAC 40 fell 0.45% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index rose 0.05%.
Economics
There were no major US economic releases Monday
COVID-19 Update
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 98,555,070 cases with around 1,087,880 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,614,430 cases and 528,810 deaths, while France reported over 35,866,250 COVID-19 cases with 155,420 deaths. In total, there were at least 626,737,670 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,561,270 deaths.
