Posted: Jul 15, 2020 at 3:59 am ET European stocks rose Wednesday, and US equity futures also rose as investors accepted positive news about a candidate for the coronavirus vaccine. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index FXXP00 It was up 0.8% after a 0.8% loss on Tuesday. The index is barely …
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Shoppers wearing face masks leave a shopping mall in Berlin on April 29, 2020 amid the new coronavirus pandemic COVID-19. john macdougall / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images European stocks fell on Tuesday, reversing the gains of the previous day on concerns about the closure of the state of California …
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Text size And so it begins. The Nasdaq Composite has been going up for so long now, it’s hard to remember if it feels like it’s going down. Now we know. Yes, that’s an exaggeration, but not much. He had been active for seven of the past nine trading days …
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European stocks rose on Monday as optimism about second-quarter earnings offset a disturbing rise in coronavirus cases, including in the key US state of Florida. After rising 0.4% last week, the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, + 0.56% It gained 0.6%. The German DAX DAX, + 0.96%, French CAC 40 PX1, …
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Text size The four largest technology companies are now worth almost as much as the next 19 largest companies listed in the United States together. Tomohiro Ohsumi / Getty Images Mega-capitalization technology companies are growing again. On another strong day for the general market on Monday, the shares were led …
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