--- title: "Crude Oil Down 1%; US Pending Home Sales Rise 0.3% In August" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/299351661.md" description: "U.S. stocks rose, with the S&P 500 up 1.05%, led by technology gains. Oil fell 1.4% to $101.04, while gold and silver increased. U.S. pending home sales rose 0.3% in August. Individual stocks saw volatility: AEMD surged 390% on merger news, while RETO dropped 89% due to a share offering. European markets also gained, whereas Asian markets were mixed." datetime: "2026-09-17T17:15:36.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/299351661.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299351661.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/299351661.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Crude Oil Down 1%; US Pending Home Sales Rise 0.3% In August U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the S&P 500 gaining around 1% on Thursday. The Dow traded up 0.60% to 51,773.24 while the NASDAQ climbed 1.55% to 26,381.21. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 1.05% to 7,630.78. **Leading and Lagging Sectors** Information technology shares jumped by 2.1% on Thursday. In trading on Thursday, consumer staples stocks fell by 0.2%. **Top Headline** U.S. pending home sales increased 0.3% month-over-month in August, following a revised 2.6% drop in July and compared to market estimates of a 2.0% increase. **Equities Trading UP** - **Aethlon Medical Inc (**NASDAQ:AEMD) shares shot up 390% to $7.00 after the company announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement for an all-stock transaction with North Immunology. - Shares of **Datasea Intelligent Technology Ltd** (NASDAQ:DTSS) got a boost, surging 81% to $1.07 after the company announced its Chinese operating entities have recently entered into AI agent digital marketing service cooperation agreements and pre-order arrangements with five customers. - **CID HoldCo Inc (**NASDAQ:DAIC) shares were also up, gaining 146% to $4.94 following a series of major corporate transactions detailed in SEC filings after the market close on Wednesday. The holding company announced a binding agreement to acquire shared electric vehicle platform Envoy Technologies for $65 million, alongside a senior debt settlement that eliminates default liabilities and a formal presentation to defend its Nasdaq listing. **Equities Trading DOWN** - **ReTo Eco-Solutions Inc (**NASDAQ:RETO) shares dropped 89% to $0.21 after the company announced the pricing of a $15 million offering of 10 million shares at $1.5 per share. - Shares of **Delixy Holdings Ltd (**NASDAQ:DLXY) were down 69% to $0.71. Delixy Holdings recently announced it entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Caog for acquisition or merger of up to 48% of shares in Tarbagatay Munay. - **Fluence Energy Inc** (NASDAQ:FLNC) was down, falling 14% to $7.78 after multiple analyst firms lowered their respective price targets on the stock. **Commodities** In commodity news, oil traded down 1.4% to $101.04 while gold traded up 0.4% at $4,405.20. Silver traded up 2.1% to $66.305 on Thursday, while copper rose 2.2% to $6.6500. **Euro zone** European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.86%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 1%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 1.19%, Germany’s DAX gained 0.70%, while France’s CAC 40 climbed 0.57%. **Asia Pacific Markets** Asian markets closed mixed on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 0.33%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index falling 0.44%, China’s Shanghai Composite dropping 0.41% and India’s BSE Sensex falling 0.03%. **Economics** - U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 10,000 to 196,000 during the second week of September, compared to market estimates of 208,000. - The Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index dropped to 37.8 in September from 47.4 in the previous month, versus market estimates of 30.5. - U.S. housing starts fell 2.6% month-over-month to an annualized rate of 1.275 million units in August. - U.S. building permits declined by 2.7% month-over-month to an annual rate of 1.394 million in August, down from market estimates of 1.41 million. - U.S. natural gas stocks rose by 44 billion cubic feet in the week ended Sept. 11, compared to market estimates of a 49 bcf gain. - 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