<div id="readability-page-1">U.S. stocks traded mostly lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 250 points on Tuesday. The Dow traded down 0.52% to 48,164.83 while the NASDAQ fell 0.37% to 22,971.25. The S&amp;P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.56% to 6,778.08. Check This Out: Jim Cramer: Sell This Major Energy Stock, Go With This Canadian Mining Company <div>Leading and Lagging SectorsCommunication services shares rose by 0.2% on Tuesday.</div> In trading on Tuesday, energy stocks fell by 2.3%. Top Headline The S&amp;P Global flash composite PMI declined to 53 in December, recording the lowest reading in six months, down from 54.2 in November. Equities Trading UP <ul> <li>SRx Health Solutions Inc ( SRXH ) shares shot up 92% to $0.59 after the company announced it signed an agreement to acquire EMJ Crypto Technologies.</li> <li>Shares of Rezolve AI PLC ( RZLV ) got a boost, surging 34% to $3.12 after the company reported preliminary December revenue results.</li> <li>Cementos Pacasmayo SAA ( CPAC ) – ADR shares were also up, gaining 48% to $10.25 after Holcim signed an agreement to purchase 50.01% of the company’s owner, Inversiones Aspi. S.A. of the Hochschild Group.</li> </ul> Equities Trading DOWN <ul> <li>Zynex Inc ( ZYXI ) shares dropped 53% to $0.31 after the company announced it entered into Chapter 11 court-supervised financial restructuring.</li> <li>Shares of Lightwave Logic Inc ( LWLG ) were down 19% to $3.05 after the company announced the pricing of an 11.67M share common stock offering.</li> <li>Navan Inc ( NAVN ) was down, falling 17% to $12.21 after reporting third-quarter results.</li> </ul> <div>CommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded down 2.9% to $55.17 while gold traded up 0.5% at $4,357.00.</div> Silver traded up 0.1% to $63.59 on Tuesday, while copper fell 1% to $5.3560. Euro zone European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 slipped 0.64%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.69%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.92%, Germany's DAX 40 fell 0.85% and France's CAC 40 declined 0.40% during the session. Asia Pacific Markets Asian markets closed lower on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei falling 1.56%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng dipping 1.54%, China's Shanghai Composite declining 1.11% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.63%. Economics <ul> <li>U.S. retail sales came in flat for October from September, compared to a revised 0.1% gain in the previous month, and down from market estimates of a 0.1% growth.</li> <li>The U.S. economy added 64,000 jobs in November, versus a 105,000 loss in the previous month and compared to market estimates of a 50,000 increase.</li> <li>The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November from 4.3% in the previous month, compared to market estimates of 4.4% and recording marking the highest reading since September 2021.</li> <li>Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.1% month-over-month to $36.86 in November compared to a 0.4% rise in the previous month.</li> <li>U.S. business inventories increased 0.2% month-over-month in September, in-line with market estimates.</li> <li>The S&amp;P Global flash composite PMI declined to 53 in December, recording the lowest reading in six months, down from 54.2 in November.</li> </ul> Now Read This: <ul> <li>How To Earn $500 A Month From General Mills Stock Ahead Of Q2 Earnings</li> </ul> Photo via Shutterstock</div>

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U.S. stocks fell with the Dow down 250 points. SRx Health Solutions shares surged 92% after acquiring EMJ Crypto Technologies. Rezolve AI and Cementos Pacasmayo shares also rose. Zynex shares dropped 53% due to financial restructuring. Oil prices fell 2.9%, while gold rose 0.5%. Eurozone and Asian markets declined. U.S. retail sales were flat, unemployment rose to 4.6%, and the S&P Global PMI fell to 53 in December.

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