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    Dow Rises Over 100 Points; Goldman Sachs Posts Upbeat Earnings

    Benzinga·10/13/2026 14:01:04

    U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 100 points on Tuesday.

    Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.28% to 51,993.38 while the NASDAQ fell 0.06% to 27,228.78. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.01% to 7,808.41.

    Leading and Lagging Sectors

    Communication services shares jumped by 1.5% on Tuesday.

    In trading on Tuesday, health care stocks fell by 1%.

    Top Headline

    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE:GS) reported upbeat earnings for the third quarter.

    The company posted quarterly earnings of $17.01 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $13.08 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $18.679 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $16.705 billion.

    Equities Trading UP
               

    • JBDI Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:JBDI) shares shot up 141% to $2.41.
    • Shares of BIO-Key International Inc (NASDAQ:BKYI) got a boost, surging 108% to $3.44 after the company announced Middle East government security agency has selected BIO-key’s Multi-Factor Authentication and Single Sign-On platform to strengthen its identity security.
    • Fly-E Group Inc (NASDAQ:FLYE) shares were also up, gaining 93% to $3.95.

    Equities Trading DOWN

    • WF Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:WFF) shares dipped 48% to $8.97.
    • Shares of DarkIris Inc (NASDAQ:DKI) were down 48% to $0.074 after tumbling 58% on Monday.
    • SmartKem Inc (NASDAQ:SMTK) was down, falling 43% to $0.60 after declining 9% on Monday.

    Commodities 

    In commodity news, oil traded down 0.7% to $93.12 while gold traded up 0.3% at $4,203.00.

    Silver traded down 0.5% to $60.195 on Tuesday, while copper fell 0.1% to $6.7425.

    Euro zone

    European shares were mixed today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.2%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index slipped 0.1%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.5%, Germany’s DAX gained 0.1%, while France’s CAC 40 gained 0.1%.

    Asia Pacific Markets

    Asian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 falling 1.82%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gaining 0.30%, China’s SSE Composite Index rising 0.1% and India’s BSE Sensex surging 1.54%.

    Economics

    The U.S. NFIB small business optimism index fell to 97.9 in September, recording the lowest level in three months, and compared to 98.7 in August.

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