A mixed finish on Wall Street to end the week as weak housing data overshadowed some strong corporate earnings - Dow up +65-points or + 0.26% , with Procter & Gamble Co rallying +8.8% following better-than-expected third quarter revenue growth and their strongest quarterly sales gains in five years. The broader S&P500 slipped -0.04%, with declines for the Health Care (down -%) and Consumer Discretionary (-%) offsetting a +2.3% gain for the Consumer Staples sector. The technology-centric NASDAQ -0.48%, with all of Facebook Inc (down -0.56%), Amazon.com Inc (-0.38%) and Netflix Inc (-4.05%) pulling back. Elsewhere in notable stock moves, eBay Inc tumbled -8.9% as some investors cited PayPal Holdings Inc (up +9.4%) third quarter result last Thursday (18 October) that suggested weak gross merchandise volume trends for eBay in the third quarter. eBay reports on 30 October. For the week, the Dow rose +0.41% and S&P500 +0.02% to see both indices snap a three week losing streak, while the Nasdaq fell -0.64%
