Strong home sales lift markets

A strong 1.5% increase in existing home sales lifted the markets to a higher close with the Dow gaining 33 points to 17,719. Nasdaq climbed 26 points to 4,701.

On the upside

Cyberonics (Nasdaq: CYBX) reported higher third quarter earnings that beat expectations.

Ocwen Financial (NYSE: OCN) launched the REALPortal(R) platform for investors to access data on loans serviced by Ocwen.

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) increased its quarterly dividend and forecast 2015 revenue ahead of analyst estimates.

On the downside

Donaldson (NYSE: DCI) disappointed with first quarter earnings and revenue that missed expectations prompting the company to lower its full year outlook.

Datawatch (Nasdaq: DWCH) widened fourth quarter losses.

Liquidity Services (Nasdaq: LQDT) fell to a loss for the fourth quarter as revenue slipped.

In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 2 to 1 on the NYSE and by more than 2 to 1 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 rose 4 points to 2052. Bitcoin fell $18 to $356.
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