U.S. stocks traded lower toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 200 points on Tuesday.

The Dow traded down 0.54% to 44,053.04 while the NASDAQ fell 0.01% to 19,299.60. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.09% to 5,995.74.

Leading and Lagging Sectors
Communication services shares surged by 0.5% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, materials shares fell by 1.4%.

Top Headline

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and lifted its full-year 2024 outlook.

HD reported third-quarter sales growth of 6.6% year-over-year to $40.217 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $39.173 billion. Adjusted EPS was $3.78 (-1.8% year over year), beating the consensus of $3.64.

Home Depot raised its sales guidance from $156.49 billion – $158.01 billion to $158.78 billion versus the $157.33 billion consensus. It expects comparable sales to decline approximately ~2.5% (prior expected to decline 3% – 4%).

HD now expects adjusted EPS of $15.10 (representing decline of approximately 1% from $15.25 in FY23) versus the consensus of $14.84. The company sees a gross margin of ~33.5% and an adjusted operating margin of 13.8%.

Equities Trading UP

• BTC Digital Ltd. (NASDAQ:BTCT) shares shot up 379% to $12.07 after gaining around 36% on Monday.
• Shares of Genius Group Limited (NYSE:GNS) got a boost, surging 74% to $1.0950 after the company announced the adoption of a Bitcoin treasury reserve strategy, with Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset.
• Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. (NYSE:TSHA) shares were also up, gaining 39% to $2.2650. Needham reiterated a Buy rating on the stock and Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an Overweight rating.

Equities Trading DOWN

• Neurogene Inc. (NASDAQ:NGNE) shares dropped 47% to $37.98. The company issued interim efficacy data from its first four low-dose pediatric participants in NGN-401 gene therapy clinical trial for Rett Syndrome.
• Shares of Pagaya Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:PGY) were down 35% to $10.99 after the company reported third-quarter results.
• Autozi Internet Technology (Global) Ltd. (NASDAQ:AZI) was down, falling 30% to $2.02.

Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.1% to $68.10 while gold traded down 0.5% at $2,605.40.

Silver traded up 0.5% to $30.790 on Tuesday, while copper fell 1.9% to $4.1465.

Euro zone

European shares closed lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 tumbled 1.98%, Germany's DAX fell 2.13% and France's CAC 40 tumbled 2.69%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 1.85%, while London's FTSE 100 dipped 1.22%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed lower on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.40%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 2.84%, China's Shanghai Composite Index dipping 1.39% and India's BSE Sensex falling 1.03%.

Economics

• U.S. consumer inflation expectations for the year ahead eased to 2.9% in October compared to 3% in each of the prior four months.
• The RealClearMarkets/TIPP Economic Optimism Index rose 13.4% in November to a reading of 53.2, recording the highest reading in over three years.

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