Lower open over disappointing data

A drop in retail sales and producer prices sent the markets down to a lower open with the Dow plunging 118 points to 16,196. Nasdaq dropped 23 points to 4,203.

On the upside

A peer reviewed manuscript detailing the preclinical research for Peregrine Pharmaceuticals' (Nasdaq: PPHM) bavituximab in treating Ebola will be published in the Journal of Immunology Research.

Shares of Dominion Midstream Partners (NYSE: DM) soared on its first trading day.

A second healthcare worker who cared for Thomas E. Duncan has tested positive for Ebola. Shares of Lakeland Industries (Nasdaq: LAKE) surged.

On the downside

AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) was reevaluating it plan to purchase Shire (Nasdaq: SHPG).

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) reported a loss of a penny per share for the third quarter.

KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) disappointed with lower third quarter earnings and revenue that fell short of analyst expectations.

In the broad market, declining issues outpaced advancers by a margin of more than 2 to 1 on the NYSE and by more than 5 to 3 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 tumbled 15 points to 1862. Bitcoin lost $10 to $392.
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