A ceasefire in Ukraine lifted the markets to a higher open with the Dow climbing 73 points to 17,141. Nasdaq added 2 points to 4600.
On the upside
Image Sensing Systems (Nasdaq: ISNS) surged again.
Infinity Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: INFI) entered a global collaboration with AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) to develop and commercialize the cancer treatment duvelisib.
Magal Security Systems (Nasdaq: MAGS) will introduce its RoboGuard surveillance robot at the ASIS USA show on September 29, 2014.
On the downside
Investors locked in profits on Digital Ally (Nasdaq: DGLY).
Profit taking continued to sink shares of RadioShack (NYSE: RSH).
Capital Product Partners (Nasdaq: CPLP) priced its public offering of 15 million common units at the discounted price of $10.53 per common unit.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 3 to 1 on the NYSE and by more than 2 to 1 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 rose 4 points to 2007. Bitcoin slipped $1 to $477.
