Recent retail earnings showed a good deal of doom and gloom signs of a weakened consumer spending. Both Macy’s Inc (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom Inc (NYSE: JWN) saw falling digital sales.
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) reported quarterly earnings of $0.37 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.30 by 23.33 percent. This is a 5.71 percent increase over earnings of $0.35 per share
Mizuho cut the price target on Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) from $200 to $180. Mizuho analyst James Lee maintained the stock with a Buy rating. Baidu shares rose 2.5% to trade at $97.49 on Wednesday.
Gainers
Cosmos Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: COSM) jumped 86.9% to close at $0.3275 on Tuesday after jumping 21% on Monday. Cosmos Health agreed to sell its Sky Premium Life Luxury food supplement brand on Iberian Airlines' in-flight magazine, Ronda.