Stock Market Recap: Starbucks Stock Rises after Billionaire Buy In

Stock indexes closed mixed across the board on the lowest Consumer Confidence Index reading in 28 years. The Dow dropped -5.86 to 12986.80, the S&P500 gained +1.78 to 1425.35, and the NASDAQ fell -4.88 ending at 2528.85.

Starbucks (SBUX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) climbed 5.85% or .95 cents to 17.02 after billionaire, activist investor Leonard Peltz's Trian Partners purchase of .01% was revealed.

Urban Outfitters (URBN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) fell 5.96% or 1.96 per share to 30.92 on analysts downgrades.

BMC Software (BMC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) added 5.85% or 2.15 closing at 38.58 after beating analysts estimates on fourth quarter profits resulting from growing license and service revenue.

Kohl's Corp. (KSS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) gave back 2.73% or 1.38 to 49.11 on removal from Goldman's "Conviction Buy List".

Oil set an intraday record prior to dropping back to 126.64.  Gold climbed 19.90 to 899.90.