Concerns about the Greek economy tempered enthusiasm for an upbeat jobs report. The markets closed mixed with the Dow losing 51 points to 17,801 while Nasdaq gained 25 points to 4,766.
On the upside
Recovering crude oil prices lifted shares of energy companies Comstock Resources (NYSE: CRK), Halcon Resources (NYSE: HK) and Stone Energy (NYSE: SGY).
Sangamo Biosciences (Nasdaq: SGMO) extended its gains.
Crude oil prices edged up to lift shares of oilfield services firm Seventy Seven Energy (NYSE: SSE).
On the downside
Profit taking weighed down shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics (Nasdaq: KPTI).
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) warned that pricing pressure from rivals may negatively impact fourth quarter earnings prompting a downgrade.
T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) will offer more than 17.39 million shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of 3 to 2 on the NYSE and by nearly 7 to 3 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 held steady at 2059. Bitcoin fell $13 to $349.
Mixed close over economic concerns
December 09, 2014 at 17:00 PM EST