Nasdaq Gains Over 100 Points; US Retail Sales Rise 0.2% In September - Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL), Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED)

Market Performance - U.S. stocks experienced an upward trend, with the Dow increasing by 1.20% to 47,007.17, the NASDAQ rising by 0.48% to 22,980.75, and the S&P 500 gaining 0.74% to 6,754.86 [1] - Health care shares saw a significant increase of 2% on the same day, while energy stocks fell by 0.9% [1] Retail Sales - U.S. retail sales rose by 0.2% month-over-month in September, a decrease from the 0.6% gain observed in August [2] Commodity Prices - Oil prices decreased by 1.8% to $57.78, while gold prices increased by 0.9% to $4,129.50. Silver rose by 1% to $50.765, and copper saw a rise of 2.8% to $5.1100 [5] European Market Performance - European shares showed positive movement, with the eurozone's STOXX 600 rising by 0.69%, Spain's IBEX 35 Index increasing by 0.93%, London's FTSE 100 up by 0.57%, Germany's DAX 40 gaining 0.68%, and France's CAC 40 rising by 0.83% [6] Asian Market Performance - Asian markets closed mostly higher, with Japan's Nikkei gaining 0.07%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng up by 0.69%, China's Shanghai Composite increasing by 0.87%, while India's BSE Sensex declined by 0.37% [7] Company-Specific Movements - Rubico Inc shares surged by 45% to $0.22 after extending tanker charters [9] - Clean Energy Technologies Inc shares increased by 67% to $1.79 following a $10 million battery energy storage project in New York [9] - Barnes & Noble Education Inc shares rose by 36% to $9.11 after announcing preliminary financial results for fiscal 2025 and year-to-date fiscal 2026 [9] - MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd shares plummeted by 85% to $0.16 after announcing an $8 million registered direct offering [9] - Zhihu Inc shares fell by 11% to $3.57 due to a year-over-year decrease in third-quarter financial results [9] - Burlington Stores Inc shares dropped by 11% to $254.28 after reporting mixed third-quarter financial results and a significant decline in store traffic post back-to-school period [9] Housing Market Indicators - The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index increased by 1.4% year-over-year in September, marking a slowdown for the eighth consecutive month [11] - The FHFA house price index remained flat for September [11] - U.S. pending home sales rose by 1.9% month-over-month in October, following a revised 0.1% growth in the previous month [11]