The markets closed lower with the Dow slipping 28 points to 16,302 on quadruple witching day. Nasdaq tumbled 42 points to 4276.
On the upside
Genco Shipping (NYSE: GNK) made an interest payment of $3.1 million.
Shares of Aastrom Biosciences (Nasdaq: ASTM) extended its gains.
Shares of Borderfree (Nasdaq: BRDR) soared on its first trading day.
On the downside
A Seeking Alpha contributor warned that MiMedx Group (Nasdaq: MDXG) chief executive Parker Petit may be convicted of insider trading.
China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group (Nasdaq: CMGE) priced its follow-on public offering of 3.442 million American Depositary Shares at the discounted price of $24 per ADS.
A $29.4 million order that Geospace Technologies (Nasdaq: GEOS) received from Seafloor Geophysical Solutions may be postponed.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of more than 7 to 5 on the NYSE while decliners edged out advancers by 7 to 5 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 lost 5 points to 1866. Bitcoin lost $10.85 or 1.84% to $579.57.
