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title: "Gold Gains Over 1%; US Manufacturing PMI Falls In June"
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description: "U.S. stocks traded mixed on Wednesday, with the Dow rising 0.32% while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 declined slightly. The S&P Global manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 53.9 for June. In commodities, gold gained over 1% to $4,085.80, while oil fell. European markets were mostly lower, whereas Asian indices closed higher. Individual stock movements varied, driven by earnings, acquisitions, and merger news."
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# Gold Gains Over 1%; US Manufacturing PMI Falls In June

U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling over 100 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded up 0.32% to 52,488.18 while the NASDAQ fell 0.43% to 26,102.23. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.01% to 7,499.07.

**Leading and Lagging Sectors**

Communication services shares jumped by 2% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, information technology stocks fell by 1.9%.

**Top Headline**

The S&P Global manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 53.9 in June, from the preliminary reading of 55.7 and also down from May’s final reading of 55.1.

**Equities Trading UP**  

-   **Progress Software Corp (NASDAQ:PRGS)** shares shot up 15% to $38.52 after the company after the company posted better-than-expected second-quarter results.
-   Shares of **Linkhome Holdings Inc** (NASDAQ:LHAI) got a boost, surging 108% to $1.37 after the company announced it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of Mortgage One Group.
-   **PowerFleet Inc (**NASDAQ:AIOT) shares were also up, gaining 12% to $4.30 as the company announced a new $30 million stock repurchase program.

**Equities Trading DOWN**

-   **INLIF Ltd (**NASDAQ:INLF) shares dropped 45% to $0.032 after the company announced a 1-for-200 reverse stock split.
-   Shares of **Nebius Group NV (**NASDAQ:NBIS) were down 14% to $238.48 after a Bloomberg report said **Meta Platforms Inc.** (NASDAQ:META) is exploring a cloud infrastructure business that would sell access to raw computing capacity, fueling concerns about intensifying competition in the AI cloud market.
-   **Shutterstock Inc** (NYSE:SSTK) was down, falling 30% to $9.74 after Getty Images’ board terminated its merger agreement with the company.

**Commodities**  

In commodity news, oil traded down 0.6% to $69.11 while gold traded up 1.2% at $4,085.80.

Silver traded up 1.3% to $60.685 on Wednesday, while copper fell 0.8% to $6.2060.

**Euro zone**

European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 declined 0.4%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.5%. London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.4%, Germany’s DAX gained 0.1%, while France’s CAC 40 dipped 0.8%.

**Asia Pacific Markets**

Asian markets closed higher on Wednesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 0.59%, China’s Shanghai Composite rising 0.44% and India’s BSE Sensex gaining 0.58%.

**Economics**

-   U.S. private businesses added 98,000 jobs in June, down from 122,000 in May and market estimates of 113,000.
-   U.S. volume of mortgage applications came in unchanged from the previous week during the last week of June.
-   The S&P Global manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 53.9 in June, from the preliminary reading of 55.7 and also down from May’s final reading of 55.1.

*Photo via Shutterstock*

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