Nasdaq Moves Lower; US Crude Oil Inventories Decline Sharply

Market Overview - U.S. stocks traded lower, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 100 points, down 0.28% to 48,229.87, NASDAQ down 0.26% to 23,359.33, and S&P 500 down 0.26% to 6,878.07 [1] - European shares were also lower, with the eurozone's STOXX 600 slipping 0.14%, Spain's IBEX 35 Index down 0.27%, London's FTSE 100 down 0.09%, and France's CAC 40 down 0.23% [6] - Asian markets closed mixed, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 0.87%, China's Shanghai Composite gaining 0.09%, and India's BSE Sensex gaining 0.64% [7] Commodities - Oil traded up 0.1% to $58.02, while gold traded down 0.8% at $4,351.00, silver down 7.3% to $72.255, and copper fell 1.9% to $5.6710 [5] Company News - Anghami Inc. shares surged 50% to $3.7306 after reporting a year-over-year increase in H1 results [9] - Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares rose 32% to $9.28 following FDA approval of NEREUS for motion-induced vomiting prevention [9] - Intelligent Bio Solutions Inc. shares increased 102% to $8.27 after announcing a strategic manufacturing partnership with Syrma Johari MedTech [9] - Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated shares dropped 52% to $34.04 after receiving a Complete Response Letter from the FDA for Relacorilant [9] - FuelCell Energy, Inc. shares fell 10% to $7.18 after filing for an amended common stock offering [9] - SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company shares decreased 37% to $32.30 [9] Economic Indicators - U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 16,000 to 199,000, compared to market estimates of 220,000 [10] - U.S. crude oil inventories, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, dipped by 1.934 million barrels, marking the largest weekly decline since mid-November, against market estimates of a 0.9 million-barrel fall [2][10]