The markets closed mixed with the Dow gaining 43 points to 17,031 as August factory production fell. Nasdaq dropped 48 points to 4,518.
On the upside
Miller Energy Resources (NYSE: MILL) named Carl F. Giesler, Jr. to the position of chief executive officer and entered into a non-binding letter of intent to buy most of the Alaskan operating assets of Buccaneer Energy.
Shares of Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) continued climbing.
AIESEC Canada's executive team will be equipped with BlackBerry Z30 smartphones (Nasdaq: BBRY).
On the downside
Profit taking continued to sink shares of RADA Electronic Industries (Nasdaq: RADA).
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) increased the size of its bond offering.
Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU) chief financial officer Ronald C. Foster sold 20,000 shares of company stock.
In the broad market, declining issues outpaced advancers by a margin of nearly 2 to 1 on the NYSE and by more than 3 to 1 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 eased a pointsto 1984. Bitcoin held steady at $471.
Markets close mixed as factory production drops
September 15, 2014 at 17:42 PM EDT