Shares of Netflix Inc. NFLX, + 0.28% inch 0.28% higher to $ 482.68 Friday, on what proved to be a very mixed trading session for the stock, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, + 0.12% increasing 0.12% to 27,931.02 and the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.01% falling 0.02% to …
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Text size Chinese retail sales fell unexpectedly in July. Getty Images The S&P 500 closed Friday almost unchanged, as investors mixed data weighing on consumer confidence and retail sales against an upcoming trade meeting between Chinese and U.S. officials. While headline U.S. retail sales figures missed forecasts, with a monthly …
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(Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images) Getty Images Text size Here’s what you need to know about the impact of Covid-19 to navigate the markets today. • President Donald Trump said Friday that McKesson would work with the U.S. government to spread a coronavirus vaccine if one is approved. …
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After Tesla and Apple announced plans to share their shares within weeks of each other, there has been a growing buzz that more companies with triple and square digits stock prices will follow in their footsteps. “Everyone is talking about it,” Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones …
Read More »European stocks tumbled on sluggish Chinese data and France’s British quarantine
Published: August 14, 2020 at 5:27 AM ET European equities fell sharply on Friday as the UK’s move to add France to its list of quarantined travel stocks and Chinese economic data disappointed. Continued delays and concerns about a fresh round of U.S. stimulus also weighed on sentiment, and investors …
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