U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 100 points on Monday.
Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded up 0.25% to 41,278.87 while the NASDAQ rose 0.01% to 17,878.79. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.19% to 5,645.45.
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PDD Holdings Inc PDD reported weaker-than-expected revenue for its fiscal second quarter.
The company posted revenue growth of 86% year-on-year to $13.36 billion (97.06 billion Chinese yuan), missing the analyst consensus estimate of $14.02 billion. The Chinese online retailer's adjusted earnings per ADS of $3.20 (23.24 Chinese yuan) increased from 10.47 Chinese yuan Y/Y, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $2.73.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 3% to $77.10 while gold traded up 0.6% at $2,560.90.
Silver traded up 0.6% to $30.005 on Monday, while copper rose 0.2% to $4.2095.
Euro zone
The Ifo Business Climate indicator for Germany fell to 86.6 in August, recording the weakest level since February. Producer prices in Spain declined by 1.4% year-over-year in July versus a revised 3.2% decline in the earlier month.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mostly higher on Monday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.66%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 1.06%, China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.04% and India's BSE Sensex rising 0.75%.
Economics
U.S. new orders for manufactured durable goods gained by 9.9% from the prior month in July, compared to a revised 6.9% plunge in the prior period.