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S&P 500 rises in volatile trading, as Wall Street tries to build on monster 2-day rally
The S&P 500 rose Thursday, following back-to-back days of sharp gains, as investors digested the latest news out of Ukraine and the outcome of the Federal Reserve meeting. The broad market average increased by 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 162 points, or 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.2%. The moves come after a […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Dollar General, Occidental Petroleum, Guess and more
A customer enters a Dollar General Corp. store in Colona, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Dollar General — Shares of the discount retail chain gained 2.8% despite a weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter report. Dollar General reported $8.65 billion in […]
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Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has sold more than $400 million of company stock during the pandemic
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has sold $408 million in company stock since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic — averaging roughly $3.6 million a week — as the company’s stock soared on the development and rollout of its Covid vaccine, according to CNBC’s analysis of the […]
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Warren Buffett scoops up another $1 billion in Occidental shares, bringing total stake to $7 billion
Daniel Zuchnik | WireImage | Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased an additional 18.1 million shares of Occidental Petroleum for almost $1 billion over the first three days of this week. An SEC filing Wednesday shows it paid a weighted average of $54.41 per share, a total of $985 million for the new shares. At Wednesday’s […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Dollar General, Accenture, Warby Parker and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Dollar General (DG) – Dollar General rallied 5% in the premarket after the discount retailer forecast better-than-expected full-year sales. Dollar General’s quarterly earnings of $2.57 per share matched forecasts, although revenue was slightly below estimates and same-store sales fell more than expected. The company also raised […]
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Federal Reserve approves first interest rate hike in more than three years, sees six more ahead
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate increase in more than three years, an incremental salvo to address spiraling inflation without torpedoing economic growth. After keeping its benchmark interest rate anchored near zero since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee said it will raise rates by […]
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Berkshire Hathaway closes at a record above $500,000 a share as Buffett’s conglomerate roars back
Berkshire Hathaway class A shares achieved a key milestone Wednesday, hitting an all-time closing high of half a million dollars as Warren Buffett’s multifaceted conglomerate fires on all cylinders during the economic recovery. The class A shares gained 1.3% Wednesday, rising for a fourth straight day to close at $504,400 — its first-ever close above […]
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Dow jumps 500 points in relief rally after Fed announces first rate hike since 2018
Stocks rallied in a wild session after the Federal Reserve raised rates and said it would hike another six times this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 518.76 points, or 1.5%, to 34,063.10 after turning red initially following the release of the Fed’s statement. It swung within a 576-point range on the session. The […]
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Chinese stocks trading in the U.S. rocket higher after China signals support for the shares
Shares of Chinese companies listed publicly in the U.S. surged Wednesday as China signaled support for the stocks. Regulators from both countries are progressing toward a cooperation plan on U.S.-listed Chinese stocks, according to Chinese state media. The report cited a meeting Wednesday chaired by Vice Premier Liu He, who heads China’s finance committee. The […]
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Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting on Jan. 26. Text removed from the January statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both […]
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