Flat close on shortened Christmas Eve session

The markets closed flat in a shortened Christmas Eve session with the Dow adding 6 points to 18,030. Nasdaq rose 8 points to 4,773.

On the upside

Zacks Small Cap Research wrote that Atossa Genetics (Nasdaq: ATOS) had great growth potential.

Deutsche Bank initiated coverage of Virgin America (Nasdaq: VA) with a Buy rating and a price target of $44 while Barclays initiated coverage with an Overweight rating. Cowen and Imperial Capital both initiated coverage with an Outperform rating.

The Wall Street Journal reported that non-bank lending in Europe climbed to a high of 73 deals which lifted shares of online lender LendingClub (NYSE: LC).

On the downside

Retreating crude oil prices weighed down shares of Oasis Petroleum (NYSE: OAS) and Warren Resources (Nasdaq: WRES).

Shares of oil field camp provider Civeo (NYSE: CVEO) fell as crude oil prices retreated.

Offshore drilling rig provider Paragon Offshore (NYSE: PGN) slipped as crude oil prices fell.

In the broad market, declining issues barely edged out advancers by a slim margin on the NYSE while advancers outpaced decliners by 7 to 5 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 eased a fraction to 2081. Bitcoin fell $11 to $321.
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