Crude Oil Rises Sharply; Torrid Holdings Shares Plunge

Market Overview - U.S. stocks showed mixed performance with the Dow Jones index falling approximately 0.2% to 43,011.70, while the NASDAQ rose by 0.20% to 19,953.27 and the S&P 500 increased by 0.02% to 6,093.14 [1] - Information technology shares experienced a notable increase of 0.8%, while real estate stocks declined by 1.3% [1] Commodities - Crude oil prices rose by 2.5% to $65.99, gold increased by 0.3% to $3,343.80, silver was up 1% to $36.070, and copper rose by 0.7% to $4.9605 [5] European Markets - European shares were generally lower, with the eurozone's STOXX 600 falling by 0.74%, Spain's IBEX 35 Index down 1.59%, London's FTSE 100 down 0.46%, Germany's DAX 40 down 0.61%, and France's CAC 40 slipping by 0.76% [6] Asian Markets - Asian markets closed higher, with Japan's Nikkei gaining 0.39%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index up 1.23%, China's Shanghai Composite rising 1.04%, and India's BSE Sensex increasing by 0.85% [7] Company News - Plus Therapeutics, Inc. saw its shares surge by 59% to $0.2968 following FDA clearance for its investigational new drug application for REYOBIQ [9] - QuantumScape Corporation's shares rose by 36% to $5.88 after achieving a key milestone in integrating its advanced Cobra separator process [9] - SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation's shares increased by 49% to $0.5362 due to strategic actions for Nasdaq compliance [9] - Lifeward Ltd. experienced a drop of 38% to $0.6015 after announcing a public offering of 4 million shares at $0.65 per share [9] - Torrid Holdings Inc. shares fell by 37% to $3.1900 following the pricing of a secondary offering of 10 million shares at $3.50 per share [9] - Allot Ltd. shares decreased by 17% to $8.01 after announcing a public offering of 5 million shares at $8.00 per share [9] Economic Indicators - Sales of new single-family homes in the U.S. decreased by 13.7% to an annualized rate of 623,000 units in May [11] - U.S. building permits fell by 2% to an annualized rate of 1.394 million in May [11] - The volume of mortgage applications in the U.S. increased by 1.1% from the previous week [11] - U.S. crude oil inventories declined by 5.836 million barrels, significantly exceeding market estimates of a 0.75 million barrel decrease [11]