A strong 1.5% increase in existing home sales lifted the markets to a higher close with the Dow gaining 33 points to 17,719. Nasdaq climbed 26 points to 4,701.
On the upside
Cyberonics (Nasdaq: CYBX) reported higher third quarter earnings that beat expectations.
Ocwen Financial (NYSE: OCN) launched the REALPortal(R) platform for investors to access data on loans serviced by Ocwen.
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) increased its quarterly dividend and forecast 2015 revenue ahead of analyst estimates.
On the downside
Donaldson (NYSE: DCI) disappointed with first quarter earnings and revenue that missed expectations prompting the company to lower its full year outlook.
Datawatch (Nasdaq: DWCH) widened fourth quarter losses.
Liquidity Services (Nasdaq: LQDT) fell to a loss for the fourth quarter as revenue slipped.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 2 to 1 on the NYSE and by more than 2 to 1 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 rose 4 points to 2052. Bitcoin fell $18 to $356.
Strong home sales lift markets
November 20, 2014 at 17:10 PM EST