Stock Market Today Moving on AAPL, FB, and TWTR News By Garrett Baldwin

Stock market today, Sept. 9, 2014: The U.S. stock markets were mixed Monday afternoon following a slide in energy prices. Brent crude prices slipped below $100 per barrel in London for the first time in more than a year. Gold prices also slipped another 1% to hit a three-month low as the dollar continued its surge. The post Stock Market Today Moving on AAPL, FB, and TWTR News appeared first on Money Morning - Only the News You Can Profit From .

Stock market today, Sept. 9, 2014: The U.S. stock markets were mixed Monday afternoon following a slide in energy prices.
Brent crude prices slipped below $100 per barrel in London for the first time in more than a year. This dragged down share prices of global producers and oilfield service providers such as BP Plc. (NYSE ADR: BP), which was down more than 1.3%, and Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB), which slipped by more than 2% on the day.

Gold prices slipped another 1% to hit a three-month low as the dollar continued its surge. The ongoing slide now threatens the traditionally strong seasonal surge that gold prices tend to experience in September. In the last 20 years, gold prices have increased 75% of the time in September, with an average gain of nearly 3%. Meanwhile, silver prices continued their downward slide, also nearing a three-month low.

Here's what you should know to make your Tuesday profitable:

  • The Tech Boom Continues: Shares of Twitter Inc. (Nasdaq: TWTR) were up more than 2.5% on news the company was testing a "buy" button in some mobile tweets. The new icon enables users to purchase goods directly from a tweet. The company has begun testing the purchasing option with online partners such as Musictoday. The announcement was expected as Twitter is still chasing its rival Facebook, which released its own "buy" button on its site in July.
  • Hungry for Profits: Shares of organic-food manufacturer Annie's Inc. (Nasdaq: BNNY) soared by more than 37% in post-market hours yesterday on news the company would be purchased by General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS). Within 10 days, General Mills plans to offer a tender for $46 per share, which represents a 51% premium over Annie's 30-day average. The deal is the latest in a wave of acquisitions in the food and agribusiness industry as large international manufacturers attempt to add healthy products to their portfolios.
  • Bad Breach: The nation's largest home-improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) officially acknowledged that its credit and debit card systems were breached as far back as April. The company said the attacks affected retail locations in both the United States and Canada. Home Depot did say, however, that no customers' credit card data or personal ATM pins were compromised. The breach also raised the profit potential for a number of cybersecurity investments.
  • Earnings Reports: Stay tuned for earnings reports from Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS), Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (NYSE: KKD), Pep Boys-Manny Moe and Jack (NYSE: PBY), and Farmer Bros. Co. (Nasdaq: FARM).
  • Today's Economic Calendar: Today's schedule features the weekly ICSC-Goldman Store Sales report, a speech by Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo, and the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index.
  • Full U.S. Economic Calendar September 9, 2014
  • NFIB Small Business Optimism Index at 7:30 a.m.
  • ICSC-Goldman Store Sales at 7:45 a.m.
  • Redbook at 8:55 a.m.
  • JOLTS at 10 a.m.
  • Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo speaks at 10 a.m.
  • 4-Week Bill Auction at 11:30 a.m.
  • 3-Yr Note Auction at 1 p.m.

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