<div id="readability-page-1">U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 100 points on Tuesday. The Dow traded up 0.22% to 48,469.41 while the NASDAQ rose 0.40% to 23,521.69. The S&amp;P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.34% to 6,901.90. Check This Out: Meta Platforms To $815? Here Are 10 Top Analyst Forecasts For Tuesday <div>Leading and Lagging SectorsCommunication services shares rose by 0.5% on Tuesday.</div> In trading on Tuesday, consumer staples stocks fell by 0.5%. Top Headline U.S. durable goods orders declined by 2.2% month-over-month to $307.4 billion in October, compared to a revised 0.7% growth from September, versus market estimates of a 1.5% decline. Equities Trading UP <ul> <li>Novo Nordisk A/S ( NVO ) shares shot up 9% to $52.30 following FDA approval of its Wegovy pill.</li> <li>Shares of Highway Holdings Ltd ( HIHO ) got a boost, surging 107% to $1.72 after the company inked a nonbinding letter of intent with LeMALe Beteiligungs-GmbH to acquire a 51% stake in Germany-based Regent-Feinbau Adermann GmbH.</li> <li>Trinity Biotech PLC ( TRIB ) shares were also up, gaining 56% to $1.39 after the company announced it was awarded an order for 9 million TrinScreen HIV tests.</li> </ul> Equities Trading DOWN <ul> <li>Reviva Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc ( RVPH ) shares dropped 50% to $0.30. The company announced a regulator update following a pre-New Drug Application meeting with the FDA regarding brilaroxazine.</li> <li>Shares of Starfighters Space Inc ( FJET ) were down 42% to $18.27, retreating after a massive rally Monday where shares skyrocketed over 300% to highs of $31.50.</li> <li>Argo Blockchain PLC ( ARBK ) – ADR was down, falling 13% to $4.00.</li> </ul> <div>CommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded up 0.1% to $58.09 while gold traded up 0.2% at $4,477.10.</div> Silver traded up 2.4% to $70.230 on Tuesday, while copper rose 0.9% to $5.5580. Euro zone European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.39%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.16%. London's FTSE 100 gained 0.29%, Germany's DAX 40 rose 0.22% and France's CAC 40 dropped 0.18% during the session. Asia Pacific Markets Asian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.02%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng falling 0.11%, China's Shanghai Composite rising 0.07% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.05%. Economics <ul> <li>U.S. GDP grew an annualized 4.3% in the third quarter, the most in two years, accelerating from 3.8% in the prior quarter, and beating market estimates of 3.3%.</li> <li>U.S. industrial production increased 0.1% per month across October and November.</li> <li>U.S. durable goods orders declined by 2.2% month-over-month to $307.4 billion in October, compared to a revised 0.7% growth from September, versus market estimates of a 1.5% decline.</li> <li>The Federal Reserve’s Fifth District manufacturing index surged to -7 in December compared to -15 in November.</li> </ul> Now Read This: <ul> <li>Jim Cramer Is Bullish On This Tech Stock: ‘Continue To Own It’</li> </ul> Photo via Shutterstock</div>

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U.S. stocks rose with the Dow Jones up 100 points. Durable goods orders fell 2.2% in October. Novo Nordisk shares surged 9% after FDA approval of Wegovy. Highway Holdings surged 107% on acquisition news. Trinity Biotech gained 56% on HIV test order. Reviva Pharmaceuticals dropped 50% after FDA update. U.S. GDP grew 4.3% in Q3. Industrial production rose 0.1%. Eurozone and Asian markets showed mixed results.

Dow Gains 100 Points; US Durable Goods Orders Decline In October