GSA Capital Partners LLP Sells 105,177 Shares of Village Farms International, Inc. (NASDAQ:VFF)The Lady Patriots (14-9) finished off last season with a string of memorable performances. They won nine-straight games — with most of the those victories coming by lopsided margins — before falling in the opening round of the 44th District Tournament. “The last month of the season was a feel-good story. It was a lot of fun,” Model Laboratory coach Scott Sutton said. The Lady Patriots, however, weren’t really able to carry that momentum over into the offseason. They graduated three starters, then had a trio of key reserves — who would have stepped into starting spots — move away. Those departures left Model with a roster which may lack experience and depth, but certainly has talent, athletic ability and effort. “They are all working hard and they have such great attitudes,” Sutton said. “We are just going to keep getting better every day.” The Lady Patriots do bring back a pair of starters who are leaders on and off the court. Rylli Hunt — the team’s only senior — led Model in scoring last season, averaging a career-best 14.1 points a game, and rebounding (8.2 boards a game). She also had a team-best 105 free throw attempts. “She led us in a lot of (offensive) categories the past couple of years,” Sutton said of Hunt. “So, I expect her to have a good senior year.” The senior, though, will be asked to take on a new role. She has been moved to point guard. “That’s not her natural position, but she is so athletic and I know it is something I know she can handle,” Sutton said of Hunt. “But, there will be times I’ll have a younger player in there just so I can run the offense through Riley.” Piper Moore played in all 23 games last season for Model. The junior center pulled down five rebounds a game — second-best on the team — and scored more than eight points a game. “She’s another year older, another year stronger. She is left-handed, which is an advantage,” Sutton said of Moore, who is also a standout volleyball player at Model. “I’m excited about her.” Junior Claire Ballou played mostly at the junior varsity level last season, but is set to jump into the starting line-up. “She is very coachable and she is very good on defense,” Sutton said of Ballou. “She had a bunch of steals in our scrimmage.” Tiaree Shaw played in nine games as a freshman, but was not with the program last season. She has returned and will also be in the line-up. “She is strong around the basket,” Sutton said of the junior. “She just has to knock the rust off a little bit.” Emma Little — a junior — has limited basketball experience, but is very athletic and is quickly picking up the game. “She has a terrific attitude and she’s really developed a nice jumpshot,” Sutton said of Little, who is also a volleyball player at Model. “She really wants to learn the game.” The Lady Patriots don’t have much depth. After the five starters, Model has a couple of middle schoolers who could see some playing time. Eight-grader Kendall Maggard got into seven varsity games last season (two points). Seventh-grader Lucille Smith has never played in a high school game, but might be called onto serve as the team’s back-up point guard. “She handles the ball well,” Sutton said of Smith.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street got back to climbing after the latest update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 gained 0.8% Wednesday to break a two-day losing streak and finished just short of its all-time high. Big Tech stocks led the way, which drove the Nasdaq composite up 1.8% to top the 20,000 level for the first time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged with a dip of 0.2%. Stocks got a boost as expectations built that the Fed will deliver another cut to interest rates at its meeting next week. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are rising Wednesday after the latest update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve . The S&P 500 gained 0.9% and is on track to break its first two-day losing streak in nearly a month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7 points, or less than 0.1%, as of 2:45 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.8% and was heading for a record. Treasury yields edged higher in the bond market as expectations built that Wednesday’s inflation data will allow the Fed to deliver another cut to interest rates at its meeting next week. Traders are betting on a 95% probability of that, according to data from CME Group, up from 89% a day before. If they’re correct, it would be a third straight cut by the Fed after it began lowering rates in September from a two-decade high. It’s hoping to support a slowing job market after getting inflation nearly all the way down to its 2% target. Lower rates would give a boost to the economy, but they could also provide more fuel for inflation. Wednesday’s report said U.S. consumers paid prices in November that were 2.7% higher than a year earlier. That’s a slight acceleration from October’s inflation rate of 2.6%, but it was exactly what economists were expecting. Another report on inflation at the wholesale level will arrive on Thursday. “The data have given the Fed the ‘all clear’ for next week, and today’s inflation data keep a January cut in active discussion,” according to Ellen Zentner, chief economic strategist for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Expectations for a series of cuts to rates by the Fed have been one of the main reasons the S&P 500 has set an all-time high 57 times this year , with the latest coming last week. On Wall Street, Stitch Fix jumped 47.8% after the company that sends clothes to your door reported a smaller loss for the latest quarter than analysts expected. It also gave financial forecasts for the current quarter that were better than expected, including for revenue. Albertsons edged down by 0.6% after filing a lawsuit against Kroger, saying it didn’t do enough for their proposed $24.6 billion merger agreement to win regulatory clearance. Albertsons said it’s seeking billions of dollars in damages from Kroger, whose stock rose 0.6%. A day earlier, judges in separate cases in Oregon and Washington nixed the supermarket giants’ merger. The grocers contended a combination could have helped them compete with big retailers like Walmart, Costco and Amazon, but critics said it would hurt competition. After terminating the merger agreement Albertsons said it plans to boost its dividend 25% and increased the size of its program to buy back its own stock. Mondelez, the company behind Oreo and other food brands, climbed 2.2% after announcing a plan to send cash to shareholders by buying back up to $9 billion of its own stock. The program replaces a prior $6 billion plan, which had about $2.8 billion of capacity remaining and would have otherwise expired at the end of next year. On the losing end of Wall Street, Macy’s fell 2.3% after cutting some of its financial forecasts for the full year of 2024, including for how much profit it expects to make off each $1 of revenue. Dave & Buster’s Entertainment sank 18.7% after reporting a worse loss for the latest quarter than expected. It also said CEO Chris Morris has resigned, and the board has been working with an executive-search firm for the last few months to find its next permanent leader. In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.27% from 4.23% late Tuesday. The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks expectations for the Fed, rose to 4.16% from 4.14%. In stock markets abroad, indexes rose across much of Europe and Asia. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was an outlier and slipped 0.8% as Chinese leaders convened an annual planning meeting in Beijing that is expected to set economic policies and growth targets for the coming year. South Korea’s Kospi rose 1%, up for a second straight day as it climbs back following last week’s political turmoil where its president briefly declared martial law. ___ AP Writers Matt Ott and Zimo Zhong contributed. Stan Choe, The Associated PressEquities research analysts at StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of SigmaTron International ( NASDAQ:SGMA – Get Free Report ) in a note issued to investors on Friday. The brokerage set a “hold” rating on the technology company’s stock. SigmaTron International Stock Performance Shares of NASDAQ:SGMA opened at $2.70 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $16.52 million, a P/E ratio of -2.73 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 0.36 and a current ratio of 1.15. SigmaTron International has a one year low of $2.27 and a one year high of $6.47. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $2.85 and its 200 day simple moving average is $3.80. SigmaTron International ( NASDAQ:SGMA – Get Free Report ) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, September 19th. The technology company reported ($0.54) EPS for the quarter. SigmaTron International had a negative net margin of 1.67% and a negative return on equity of 9.05%. The company had revenue of $84.78 million for the quarter. Institutional Investors Weigh In On SigmaTron International About SigmaTron International ( Get Free Report ) SigmaTron International, Inc operates as an independent provider of electronic manufacturing services (EMS). Its EMS services include printed circuit board assemblies, electro-mechanical subassemblies, and completely assembled (box-build) electronic products. 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