Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Global pharma stocks — Shares of several vaccine makers declined after President-elect Donald Trump selected prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary on Thursday. Shares of Moderna and Pfizer slipped nearly 9% and 5%, respectively. BioNTech , which helped develop a Covid vaccine with…
My top 10 things to watch Friday, Nov. 15 1. President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has vast implications for drug companies. That’s why shares of pharma stocks, and vaccine makers in particular, sold off late Thursday when reports…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Nov. 7 1. It’s Fed Day. Two days after the election. Wow, what a week. To those who say we don’t need another interest rate cut, I say that you have not been listening to companies’ post-earnings conference calls. Manufacturing has been weak, and there’s a freight recession….
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Trump Media & Technology — Shares of the Truth Social parent, which is majority owned by former President Donald Trump, climbed 12% on Election Day . The stock is viewed as a proxy for betting on the former Republican nominee’s likelihood of winning the race for…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading ahead of Tuesday’s high-stakes U.S. presidential election Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 6 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq-100 futures hovered near the flatline. Palantir popped 13% in overnight trading on…
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp appears on a Bloomberg television interview during the FoundryCon event in Palo Alto, California, on March 7, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir shares jumped 13% in extended trading on Monday after the data analytics software maker reported robust third-quarter results and revenue guidance. Here’s how…
A split or united government coming out of a consequential U.S. presidential election next week could hold the key to how stocks perform going forward. The Nov. 5th election is set to remove a critical overhang for markets, which have had trouble pricing in a victory for either former President Donald Trump or Vice President…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 22, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Intel – The chipmaker rose 4% on news that asset management company Apollo Global Management offered to make an equity-like investment of as much as $5 billion in Intel, according to a Bloomberg News report on Sunday. CNBC confirmed on Friday that Qualcomm had recently approached…