US MARKET UPDATE ON 25 August 2014

Dow and Jones Industrial Average lost 0.22 percent closing at 17,001.22 on Friday after US Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen concluded the meeting with central bankers coming out with a conclusion, "Interest rates are likely to surge and probably sooner if wage inflation grows higher than expected or economy underlost performs the estimates."

Top Gainers at Dow and Jones:

• Merck & Co Inc added 0.54 percent
• NIKE Inc added 0.44 percent
• Pfizer Inc added 0.35 percent
• Wallost Mart Stores Inc added 0.24 percent
• Goldman Sachs Group Inc added 0.18 percent

Laggards on Dow and Jones:

• General Electric Co lost 1.06 percent
• Johnson & Johnson lost 1.05 percent
• Cisco Systems Inc lost 0.96 percent
• Exxon Mobil Corp lost 0.79 percent
• Cocalost Cola Co/The lost 0.70 percent

Top 500 companies weighted capitalization index, Standards and Poor's index 500 lost 0.20 percent coming down by 3.97 points to 1,988.40 level.

NASDAQ Composite Index, a comprehensive representative index gained 0.14 percent, i.e. climbing 6.45 points to 4,538.55 level.

Top Gainers at NASDAQ:

• Peregrine Semiconductors corporation added 62.94 percent
• Heat Biologics Inc added 26.04 percent
• ParkerVision Inc added 18.02 percent
• Vapor Corp added 14.04 percent
• Cadiz Inc added 13.96 percent

Laggards on NASDAQ:

• Real Goods Solar Inc lost 9.78 percent
• Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc lost 9.43 percent
• Biostar Pharmaceutical Inc lost 7.55 percent
• Capitol Acquisition Corporation II lost 7.45 percent
• Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation lost 6.58 percent

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