Traders Recap: General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU)
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Shares of General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS) gained 0.34% to $53.85 on Wednesday. The stock settled at $53.85 per share, after floating in a range of $53.55 to $54.03. The stock moved on low volume, traded at a volume of 2.88 million shares, as compared to its average daily volume of 4.29 million shares. The market capitalization billion for the company is reported at $30.80B.
Dynamic Yield, a company that designed a digital platform to assist online marketers, has raised $31 million in a investment round that included Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, Deutsche Telekom’s investment administration group.
Other shareholders included La Maison, Baidu, Bessemer Venture Partners and Israel’s Claltech, Dynamic Yield said on Thursday.
Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) opened at $190.80. It reached an intraday trading high of $192.35 and closed at $190.91.
The new funds will be used to expand the company’s service to new industries, further invest in machine learning and artificial intelligence and improve market share in an $800 billion industry.
The stock price inclined 1.40 points or 0.74% at the market. The total volume traded for the day is 2.13 million, as compared to its average daily volume of 2.41 million shares. The current EPS for the company has been recorded at $3.87 and the beta value recorded by the company stands at 1.91 points.
The New York-based company, founded by Israelis with a research and development office in Israel, says it has developed a machine learning engine that enables marketers to increase revenue via personalisation, recommendations, automatic optimization.
It has over 100 enterprise clients, counting Sephora and the Liverpool Football Club. (Source: Reuters)