November pending home sales slipped to weigh the markets down to a lower open with the Dow losing 32 points to 17,688. Nasdaq fell 17 points to 5,090.
On the upside
One Horizon Group (Nasdaq: OHGI) expanded the commercial offering of its China mobile VoIP subsidiary Aishuo due to overwhelming growth.
Shares of Weight Watchers (NYSE: WTW) climbed in anticipation of New Year's resolutions to lose weight.
FXCM (NYSE: FXCM) stock surged again on no news.
On the downside
Shares of Anavex Life Sciences (Nasdaq: AVXL) fell again.
Great Basin Scientific (Nasdaq: GBSN) stock extended its losses.
Investors locked in profits on Inventergy Global (Nasdaq: INVT).
In the broad market, declining issues outpaced advancers by a margin of more than 9 to 7 on the NYSE and by more than 7 to 5 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 fell 5 points to 2,073. Bitcoin lost $3 to $425.