The markets closed mixed with Dow slipping 7 points to 18,060 as crude oil inventories fell while retail sales held steady. Nasdaq added 5 points to 4,981.
On the upside
Giga-tronics (Nasdaq: GIGA) received a $3 million order for its high performance YIG filters.
Rentrak (Nasdaq: RENT) reported higher fourth quarter revenue prompting an upgrade.
Zebra Technologies (Nasdaq: ZBRA) fell to a loss for the first quarter but the results were better than expected.
On the downside
Barclays said that FXCM (NYSE: FXCM) had limited upside potential.
AES (NYSE: AES) priced its secondary offering of approximately 60 million common shares at the discounted price of $13.25 per share.
TowerJazz (Nasdaq: TSEM) fell to a loss for the first quarter.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of more than 5 to 4 on the NYSE and by nearly 10 to 9 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 eased a fraction to 2098. Bitcoin added $1 to $242.
Mixed close on economic data
May 13, 2015 at 17:19 PM EDT