The markets opened flat with the Dow adding a points to 21,175 as former FBI director James Comey testifies before Congress. Nasdaq held steady at 6,297.
On the upside
Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) chief financial officer Maggie Wu forecast revenue growth in 2018 between 45% to 49%.
Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) may be taken private by some members of the Nordstrom family.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX) will sell its iNova Pharmaceuticals business for $930 million.
On the downside
Genetech will return the rights of GDC-0919 to NewLink Genetics (Nasdaq: NLNK).
Profit taking weighed down shares of MoSys (Nasdaq: MOSY).
Shares of Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) extended its losses.
The broader S&P 500 eased a point to 2,431. Bitcoin climbed $53 to $2703.