Stock futures were slightly higher during overnight trading as the major averages attempted to recover from Wednesday’s heavy losses, which saw the S&P 500 tumble more than 2%. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.13%, pointing to a 75-point gain at the open on Thursday, while S&P 500 futures advanced 0.08%.
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A Tesla Inc. vehicle charges at a charging station in San Mateo, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Jefferies Financial Group — Shares of the financial services firm jumped more than 14% following the company’s third quarter
U.S. stock futures were mixed in early morning trading on Wednesday after the S&P 500 experienced its first positive day in five. Dow futures rose 106 points. S&P 500 futures were flat, while Nasdaq 100 futures traded in negative territory. Better-than-expected earnings from Nike and KB Home lifted sentiment on Wall Street after the bell
A couple wearing protective facemasks as a prevention measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus walk at a nearly empty shopping mall in Beijing on February 27, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese fervor for online shopping waned in August, a sign that the world’s second-largest economy still faces many challenges as it
Workers install a Nike logo lamp outside the Wukesong Arena in Beijing, August 28, 2019. Tingshu Wang | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Nike — Shares of the athletic retailer soared more than 9% in extended trading on Tuesday after reporting better-than-expected fiscal first quarter earnings. Nike reported earnings of 95
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Amazon.com (AMZN) – Bernstein upgraded Amazon to “outperform” from “market perform,” saying a 16% drop in the stock over the past few weeks has created an attractive entry point. Bernstein highlights Amazon’s growth prospects, noting a 50% increase this year in fulfillment capacity.
Stock futures held steady in overnight trading on Monday following a steep sell-off on Wall Street. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 10 points. The S&P 500 futures were flat and the Nasdaq 100 futures dipped slightly. The market’s September sell-off intensified on Monday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 500 points, suffering
Nikola Motor Company Two truck Source: Nikola Motor Company Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Nikola — Shares of Nikola fell about 1% in extended trading, adding to steep losses on Monday. The decline came after Nikola founder and executive chairman Trevor Milton announced his resignation overnight. Milton’s departure follows short seller
People visit the Charging Bull Statue during Covid-19 pandemic in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States on May 25, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images U.S. stock futures dipped on Sunday night as the market tried to bounce back from its longest weekly losing streak in about a year. Dow Jones
A pedestrian with a umbrella walks pass a logo of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Thomas Lohnes | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Germany’s largest lender Deutsche Bank appears to have facilitated more than half of the leaked $2 trillion of suspicious transactions that were flagged to the U.S. government over nearly two decades,
Despite the market’s wild swings, Wall Street bull John Stoltzfus is encouraged by what he’s seeing in the markets and economy. Stoltzfus is putting money on it: He’s overweight U.S. stocks. “The U.S. is outperforming most of the markets around the world — whether it’s developed markets or emerging markets,” Oppenheimer Asset Management’s chief investment strategist
CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk reacts following the company’s initial public offering at the NASDAQ market in New York June 29, 2010 Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. U.S. Steel — U.S. Steel shares popped more than 9% after the company reported a smaller-than-expected loss for its
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Snowflake — Selling in the biggest software IPO continued in extended trading with shares of Snowflake down more than 1%. The cloud company dropped more than 26% in regular-hours trading after soaring 111% in its market debut Wednesday. Penn National Gaming — Shares of Penn National Gaming rose another
James Bullard Olivia Michael | CNBC St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard offered an optimistic look on the U.S. economy, with “off the charts” growth that will help lift inflation. Bullard also said he sees the unemployment rate falling to 6.5% by the end of the year, an estimate well below the median projection
A member of exchange staff uses a fixed-line telephone while looking at financial data on computer screens on the trading floor of Bats Europe, the European arm of Bats Global Markets Inc., in London, U.K.. Jason Alden/Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Trading floors in banks have been immortalized in countless Hollywood movies. Chaotic scenes
Red fire retardant blankets burned residences and vehicles in the aftermath of the Almeda fire in Talent, Oregon, U.S., September 14, 2020. Adrees Latif | Reuters The U.S. is about halfway through the 2020 wildfire season, but historic blazes in California, Oregon and Washington have already decimated millions of acres, destroyed entire communities and caused
Well, that was fast. It took just 12 trading sessions for Apple to plunge more than 20% from its all-time high, shedding over half a trillion in market capitalization. The tech giant has lost 22.5% from its intraday record high of $137.98 from Sept. 2, losing around $536 billion in market value. Apple’s fast and
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C. Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images For the past decade or so, the Federal Reserve has been quite effective in helping to create inflation, just not the kind that it normally targets. The Fed’s perpetually easy monetary policy, consisting of historically
Stock futures held steady in overnight trading on Thursday after another sell-off on Wall Street led by major technology names. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 50 points. The S&P 500 futures and the Nasdaq 100 futures were both flat. During Thursday’s regular trading session, the S&P 500 declined 0.8% for its
Julius Shakari, from California in full PPE gear, takes photos with his friend in front of the Charging Bull, sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull, a bronze sculpture in the Financial District of Manhattan New York May 19, 2020. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were flat on