Gold Edges Higher; ISM Manufacturing PMI Falls In October - ALPS Group (NASDAQ:ALPS), Alvotech (NASDAQ:ALVO)

Market Overview - U.S. stocks showed mixed performance, with the Dow Jones index falling by 0.41% to 47,369.42, while the NASDAQ rose by 0.54% to 23,853.68 and the S&P 500 gained 0.22% to 6,855.42 [1] - Consumer discretionary shares increased by 1.8%, while materials stocks decreased by 0.6% [1] Economic Indicators - The ISM manufacturing PMI decreased to 48.7 in October from 49.1 in the previous month, falling short of market expectations of 49.5 [2][11] - The S&P Global manufacturing PMI rose to 52.5 in October from 52.0 in September, surpassing the preliminary reading of 52.2 [11] Commodity Market - Oil prices fell by 0.1% to $60.93, while gold prices increased by 0.4% to $4,011.80 [5] - Silver prices decreased by 0.5% to $47.905, and copper prices fell by 0.9% to $5.0420 [5] Company News - Cipher Mining Inc. shares surged by 22% to $22.82 following a $5.5 billion, 15-year lease agreement with Amazon Web Services for 300 MW of AI workload space and power [9] - Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. saw an 88% increase in shares to $138.76 after reporting quarterly financial results [9] - Tharimmune, Inc. shares rose by 14% to $3.35 after entering a $540 million private placement for its Canton Network Blockchain strategy [9] - uniQure N.V. shares dropped by 50% to $33.64 after receiving FDA feedback regarding its investigational gene therapy AMT-130 [9] - Alvotech shares fell by 33% to $5.13 after the FDA issued a complete response letter for its biosimilar candidate AVT05 [9] - ALPS Group Inc shares decreased by 50% to $1.29 following the announcement of a public offering pricing [9]