The markets opened mixed with the Dow climbing 70 points to 18,074 while Nasdaq slipped 5 points to 4,954 as new home construction tumbled 8.8% in March.
On the upside
Repros Therapeutics (Nasdaq: RPRX) extended its gains.
Foresight Energy (NYSE: FELP) will restructure its debt.
Rising silver prices lifted shares of Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK).
On the downside
Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) reported better than expected earnings for the first quarter but revenue fell short.
Applied Optoelectronics (Nasdaq: AAOI) reported preliminary first quarter revenue at the low end of its previous guidance and warned of losses.
Preliminary first quarter earnings for Illumina (Nasdaq: ILMN) missed expectations.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 4 to 1 on the NYSE and by nearly 7 to 3 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 gained 9 points to 2,103. Bitcoin added $1 to $427.