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    US Stocks Mixed; Dow Falls Over 100 Points

    Benzinga·12/08/2025 15:04:07
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    U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling around 100 points on Monday.

    Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded down 0.22% to 47,847.37 while the NASDAQ rose 0.29% to 23,645.65. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.01% to 6,869.75.

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    Leading and Lagging Sectors

    Information technology shares jumped by 0.8% on Monday.

    In trading on Monday, communication services stocks fell by 1.1%.

    Top Headline

    International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) agreed to acquire Confluent (NYSE:CFLT) for $31 per share.

    Equities Trading UP
               

    • Cemtrex, Inc. (NASDAQ:CETX) shares shot up 154% to $7.80.
    • Shares of Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (NASDAQ:WVE) got a boost, surging 85% to $13.80 after the company reported positive interim Phase 1 data showing its obesity drug WVE-007 delivered GLP-1-like fat loss at three months without muscle loss and was generally safe and well tolerated.
    • Treasure Global Inc. (NASDAQ:TGL) shares were also up, gaining 63% to $41.39 after the company announced it raised its FY26 revenue target.

    Equities Trading DOWN

    • SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:SMX) shares dropped 48% to $172.36 after jumping 135% on Friday.
    • Shares of BiomX Inc. (NYSE:PHGE) were down 37% to $3.2401 after the company discontinued its Phase 2b trial of BX004 in cystic fibrosis patients with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections.
    • Meihua International Medical Technologies Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:MHUA) was down, falling 34% to $9.25 after the company announced that the company will be delisted from the Nasdaq.

    Commodities

    In commodity news, oil traded down 1.3% to $59.30 while gold traded down 0.4% at $4,228.20.

    Silver traded down 0.8% to $58.58 on Monday, while copper fell 0.4% to $5.44.

    Euro zone

    European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.1%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.1%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.2%, Germany's DAX 40 gained 0.3% and France's CAC 40 fell 0.2% during the session.

    Asia Pacific Markets

    Asian markets closed mixed on Monday, with Japan's Nikkei rising 0.18%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng dipping 1.23%, China's Shanghai Composite rising 0.54% and India's BSE Sensex declining 0.71%.

    Economics

    Data on consumer inflation expectations will be released today.

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