NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, adding to recent gains, after deal news including a bid from FedEx for a Dutch peer suggested companies still see value in the market.Healthcare stocks led the advance on the SP 500 with biotech shares up after four days of losses. The Nasdaq Biotech index .NBI added 1.8 percent, while the […]
Short interest has risen in a number of biotech names perceived as vulnerable to a selloff after a rally that has sent the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index <.NBI> up 42 percent over the last year even after this week’s declines.Overall, a screen of about 1,650 mid-cap U.S. companies shows biotech stocks, on average, have a short interest ratio of about 11.6 […]
Wikimedia CommonsSee AlsoAviation tracking service: Germanwings co-pilot set autopilot to the lowest possible settingFed market gurus prep rate hike amid last-minute anxietiesWe just found out who the third American was on the crashed Germanwings flightNEW YORK (Reuters) – A 4 percent decline in biotechnology stocks on Wednesday sent the Nasdaq Composite Index to its largest one-day loss in nearly a […]
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Friday, pushing the Nasdaq to a 15-year high and helping the S&P 500 snap a three-week string of losses, following a pullback in the dollar, upbeat results from Nike and further biotech gains.Recent sharp gains in the U.S. dollar .DXY have increased worries about the currency’s impact on the earnings of U.S. multinationals. S&P […]
Wall St. rises on Nike, lower dollar; Nasdaq hits 15-year highBy Caroline ValetkevitchFri Mar 20, 2015 6:48pm EDT
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A morning commuter carries an umbrella as she passes by the New York Stock Exchange during a winter storm in New York February 2, 2015.Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermidStocks snap 3-week losing streak5:58pm EDT n”>(Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Friday, pushing the Nasdaq […]
Recent sharp gains in the U.S. dollar <.DXY> have increased worries about the currency’s impact on the earnings of U.S. multinationals. S&P 500 earnings projections for the first quarter and for 2015 have fallen sharply since Jan. 1.Among early reporters, Nike (>> Nike Inc) jumped 3.7 percent to $101.98 as the biggest boost to the Dow after it posted a […]
* Energy shares lower on dollar strength, oversupply concern* Guess posts strong quarterly earnings, shares rally* Indexes: Dow off 0.6 pct, S&P off 0.5 pct, Nasdaq up 0.2 pct (Updates prices, changes comment, byline)By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as a stronger dollar weighed on oil and other commodity prices, with energy and […]
Thomson ReutersTrader works on the floor of the NYSE in New YorkSee Also10 Charts That Predict The State Of The World In 2015China’s 2014 Slowdown In 7 Charts12 Financial Experts Weigh In On How To Grow Your Wealth In 2015NEW YORK (Reuters) – Last year was an ugly one for the U.S. energy sector, and while the first trading day […]
Wall St. inches up in short session, indexes at recordsBy Ryan VlastelicaNEW YORK Wed Dec 24, 2014 11:41am EST
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The exterior of the New York Stock Exchange is pictured with a Christmas tree in front of it in the Manhattan Borough of New York, December 23, 2014. U.S. stocks advanced on Tuesday, as the Dow climbed above the 18,000 mark […]
Thomson ReutersGolf: U.S Open-Practice RoundGolf star Phil Mickelson was not involved in insider trading in the shares of Clorox Co when billionaire investor Carl Icahn was attempting an unsolicited takeover of the consumer products company in 2011, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the probe.
Clorox was among the stocks that U.S. authorities were examining as part of […]
