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Stock futures are slightly higher after S&P 500 falls to its lowest level in more than a year
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 6, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures are slightly higher on Monday night after the S&P 500 fell to its lowest point in more than a year. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 65 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.2% and […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: AMC, Novavax and more
An AMC theatre is pictured amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 27, 2021. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after hours. AMC — Shares jumped 4% after the entertainment company reported its “strongest first quarter in two full years” […]
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In today’s environment, the notion that the stock market isn’t the economy doesn’t hold up anymore
A Wall Street subway station near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The stock market may not literally be the economy, but the distinction between the two is getting increasingly harder to draw. With household ownership of stocks scaling new […]
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Goldman Sachs is shrinking its SPAC business amid regulatory crackdown and market turmoil
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, May 9, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Goldman Sachs is scaling back its business in the once red-hot SPACs as blank-check deals got caught in a double whammy of regulatory crackdown and tough market environment. “We are reducing our involvement […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Palantir, Rivian, Uber and more
Peter Thiel, co-founder and chairman of Palantir Technologies Inc., pauses during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Monday. Palantir – Shares of the software company dropped more than 18% after Palantir’s first-quarter earnings came […]
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European markets close down 2.8% as travel, tech stocks lead losses; oil prices fall 5%
LONDON — European stocks on Monday fell to two-month lows as global investors fled risk assets en masse due to fears over inflation. The pan-European Stoxx 600 provisionally ended down 2.8%, hitting its lowest level since Mar. 8. Travel and tech shares led the losses, down 5.8% and 4.8% respectively, as all sectors and major […]
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Fed’s Neel Kashkari confident inflation can come down, but not without some pain
Neel Kashkari Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Monday he’s confident inflation will come back to normal though it’s taking longer than he expected. Acknowledging that he was on “team transitory” in believing that surging prices wouldn’t last, he said persistent supply-demand imbalances have generated the highest inflation levels in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Palantir, Rivian, Uber and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Palantir Technologies (PLTR) – The data analytics software company’s shares plunged 15.1% in premarket trading after posting a mixed quarter. Palantir reported profit of 2 cents per share, compared to a 4 cents a share consensus estimate. Revenue was higher than expected, however, […]
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Asia-Pacific stocks slip; China’s April trade data ahead
SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific declined in Monday morning trade as investors look ahead to the release of Chinese trade data for April. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.22% in early trade as shares of conglomerate SoftBank Group dropped more than 2%. The Topix index shed 0.89%. South Korea’s Kospi dipped 0.34% while the […]
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Stock futures fall as Wall Street looks to stabilize after rollercoaster week
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 6, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures fell on Sunday evening as traders looked for the market to find its footing after a dramatic week of trading. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 124 points, or 0.4%. S&P 500 futures shed 0.6%, while those for […]
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