Data from China, a Twitter hack, geopolitical tensions and worries about viruses are scaring investors out of stocks on Thursday, with more earnings and weekly unemployment claims ahead. Markets encouraged positive news about vaccines just a day earlier. The week has also seen the Nasdaq Composite COMP, + 0.59% wobble, …
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Stock index futures were aiming for a higher start for Wall Street on Wednesday as investors buoyed up with positive results for a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, looking beyond a continued rise in US cases. USA -Chinese tensions. What are the main indexes doing? Futures in the Dow Jones Industrial Average …
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Stock index futures were aiming for a higher start on Tuesday when investors began to digest the second quarter results of a trio of big banks, kicking off the corporate earnings reporting season. What are the main indexes doing? Futures in the Dow Jones Industrial Average YM00, + 0.61% They …
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Stock index futures were aiming for a higher start on Monday as investors prepare for a tough earnings season and applaud the news that the Food and Drug Administration granted “fast track” status to a couple of candidates for vaccines produced by Pfizer Inc. and the German biotech firm BoNTech …
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What will stand in the way of market gains? Clearly, it’s not bad news about COVID-19, as investors try to see the silver lining in these uncertain times. Take this chart that shows how Arizona cases have started to flatten, by Pantheon Macroeconomics, which expects that state to respond earlier …
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