Gains by international markets lifted domestic markets to a higher open with the Dow climbing 65 points to 17,048. Nasdaq gained 24 points to 4468.

On the upside 

Windstream Holdings (Nasdaq: WIN) will spin off its telecommunications network assets into an independent, publicly traded real estate investment trust.

Camtek (Nasdaq: CAMT) reported higher second quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations as revenue rose.

Integrated Devices (Nasdaq: IDTI) reversed year ago losses to post a better than expected profit for the first quarter.

On the downside 

Meridian Bancorp (Nasdaq: EBSB) closed its stock offering and completed the conversion transaction.

TheStreet wrote that Galectin Therapeutics (Nasdaq: GALT) paid stock promoters to issue press releases promoting the company. 

Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) disappointed with lower second quarter earnings that fell short of analyst expectations.

In the broad market, declining issues outpaced advancers by a margin of 5 to 3 on the NYSE and by more than 2 to 1 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 gained 5 points to 1984. Bitcoin lost $6 to $578.