U.S. stock futures rose in overnight trading on Wednesday as investors digested the likely event of a Democratic held Congress and continued to look past riots at the U.S. Capitol. Dow Jones Industrial average futures rose 125 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.6% and Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.9%. During Wednesday’s trading session, markets were
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Bitcoin on a mound of gold. bodnarchuk | iStock Editorial | Getty Images Bitcoin’s remarkable ascent past $30,000 has stunned Wall Street — and one of the biggest U.S. investment banks thinks the digital currency could have much further to run. In a note published Monday, JPMorgan made a bold long-term price target for bitcoin,
Cases of eggs from Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., await to be handed out by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce employees to several hundred families along with over 1,400 boxes of meat products from Merchants Foodservice and 2,200 gallons of milk from Borden Dairy, at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 7, 2020.
Stock futures held steady in overnight trading on Monday after the S&P 500 suffered its first decline to start a year since 2016. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 40 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both gained 0.2%. The moves in futures came after a sharp sell-off on Wall Street
National Securities’ Art Hogan sees trouble brewing in the market. Even though the major indexes closed higher on Tuesday, he sees the coronavirus case surge overtaking positive vaccine news as a market driver — resulting in a 5% to 8% pullback. “We have a tug of war between virus news and vaccine news the better
Brothers learning at home Vesnaandjic | E+ | Getty Images LONDON — Online education company Kahoot is “on track” to list on the main Norwegian stock market by the end of March, its CEO told CNBC, after a pandemic-driven boom in digital learning helped the firm post strong growth in 2020. Kahoot, which is based
Chinese battery and electric vehicle maker BYD shows off a model of its Han EV series at the 2020 Beijing auto show. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese automaker BYD is selling far more luxury electric sedans a month than the leading start-ups in the country, even though overall sales fell 11% last year.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE U.S. stock futures dipped on Tuesday night as Wall Street kept an eye on two runoff elections in Georgia that will determine control of the Senate. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 72 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures slid 0.5%, and Nasdaq
Traders work on the floor of the NYSE. NYSE The contests will determine control of the Senate for the next two years. Many believe a Democrat-controlled Senate could make it easier for lawmakers to push through a bigger stimulus. More government spending could lead to higher inflation, which would drive yields higher. “It’s almost like
The icons for the Monzo and Starling Bank banking apps on a smartphone. Adrian Dennis | AFP via Getty Images LONDON — In a year when online banking has taken off, you’d think it would be a golden opportunity for Europe’s digital challenger banks to shine. Research from Mastercard last month found that 42% of
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: AstraZeneca – Britain became the first country to approve the drug maker’s Covid-19 vaccine, setting the stage for a rollout of millions of doses. The vaccine is not yet approved in the U.S., with the FDA still to review large-scale trials. The stock was up 2% at
Street performers in Minnie Mouse costumes pass in front of an AMC movie theater at night in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, Oct. 15, 2020. Amir Hamja | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. AMC Entertainment — Shares of the beleaguered movie-theater chain fell more than
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Morgan Stanley will repay $1.7 million to customers who paid high costs on investments earmarked for education expenses like college tuition. The brokerage firm is paying the sum, including nearly $1.5 million in restitution plus interest, to about 2,300 customers who are saving money in 529 plans, the Financial Industry
Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Dead people may get some of the $600 stimulus checks the federal government began issuing Tuesday night. That would mirror what happened this past spring, when deceased individuals were among the recipients of a prior round of direct payments, of up to $1,200 per person. More than 1 million
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping are seen on a screen during a video conference to approve an investment pact between China and the European Union on December 30, 2020. Johanna Geron | AFP | Getty
Bryn Mawr Trust’s Jeff Mills is making a big bet on the economic recovery. After years of decline, he predicts small-cap stocks’ 2020 comeback will deliver even bigger gains to investors next year. “We’re at this point where monetary policy and fundamental economic growth, at least in our opinion, line up,” the firm’s chief investment officer
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Exxon Mobil – The energy giant will write down the value of its assets by up to $20 billion for the fourth quarter, mostly related to its natural gas assets. Exxon is, however, seeing a benefit this quarter from higher oil prices and improved margins in its
With the major indexes trading around record highs, BTIG’s Julian Emanuel is drawing a parallel to another euphoric time: 2000 dot-com bubble top. According to Emanuel, the market rally’s intensity over the past six months mimics what Wall Street saw 20 years ago. “The participation is on a par with 2000, if not greater,” BTIG’s chief
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: SAP – The German business software company’s stock is moving higher after it announced its Qualtrics unit has filed to go public. Qualtrics – which specializes in customer relationship software – is expected to be valued at $12 billion or more, compared to the $8 billion SAP