Cemtrex(US:CETX) Benzinga·2025-09-25 18:06Market Overview - U.S. stocks experienced a decline, with the Nasdaq Composite falling over 1% on Thursday, while the Dow decreased by 0.64% to 45,824.16 and the S&P 500 dropped 1% to 6,571.28 [1] - Energy shares increased by 0.5%, while health care stocks fell by 1.4% on the same day [1] Company Performance - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2025 results, with earnings of $3.03 per share, surpassing the analyst consensus estimate of $2.96, and sales of $17.60 billion, slightly exceeding the estimate of $17.36 billion [2] Commodity Market - Oil prices decreased by 0.2% to $64.88, while gold also fell by 0.2% to $3,761.50. Silver prices rose by 1.2% to $44.725, and copper prices dropped by 1% to $4.7660 [5] European Market - European shares were lower, with the eurozone's STOXX 600 falling by 0.52%, Spain's IBEX 35 Index down by 0.18%, London's FTSE 100 down by 0.24%, Germany's DAX 40 dipping by 0.62%, and France's CAC 40 falling by 0.46% [6] Asian Market - Asian markets closed mostly lower, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.27%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined by 0.13%, China's Shanghai Composite fell by 0.01%, and India's BSE Sensex decreased by 0.68% [7] Notable Stock Movements - PepGen Inc. (NASDAQ: PEPG) shares surged by 89% to $5.03 following the announcement of a $100 million public offering at $3.20 per share [8] - SciSparc Ltd. (NASDAQ: SPRC) shares increased by 101% to $7.71 after announcing a quantum computing-enabled 3D protein modeling initiative [8] - Plus Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSTV) shares rose by 30% to $0.5264 after securing a national coverage agreement with UnitedHealthcare [8] - Stitch Fix, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFIX) shares dropped by 14% to $4.88 after releasing fourth-quarter results [8] - CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX) shares fell by 23% to $43.86 after reporting second-quarter EPS and sales below estimates [8] - Cemtrex, Inc. (NASDAQ: CETX) shares decreased by 31% to $0.4359 following a 1-for-15 reverse stock split approval [8] Economic Indicators - U.S. wholesale inventories declined by 0.2% month-over-month to $898.8 billion in August, contrary to market expectations of a 0.1% increase [11] - U.S. durable goods orders rose by 2.9% month-over-month to $312.1 billion in August, compared to a revised 2.7% decline in July [11] - The U.S. trade deficit in goods decreased by $17.3 billion month-over-month to $85.5 billion in August, better than market estimates [11] - Initial jobless claims fell by 14,000 to 218,000 in the third week of September, below market expectations [11] - The U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.8% in the second quarter, an increase from the previous estimate of 3.3% [11]