Category Archives: Market Pulse

Boeing’s biggest 737 Max begins test program, completes first flight
19 June, 2021

Boeing Co. said late Friday that its 737-10, the largest jet in the 737 Max...

Dow drops more than 500 points on Fed worries
19 June, 2021

Stocks fell Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting its biggest weekly decline since...

Dow falls 400 points as stocks open lower
18 June, 2021

U.S. stocks opened lower Friday, set to end the week on a negative note as...

AstraZeneca says EU defeated in legal bid over vaccine supplies
18 June, 2021

AstraZeneca , the British-Swedish pharmaceutical group and developer of the world’s most used COVID-19 vaccine,...

Roku says its original shows drove new records for the Roku Channel
18 June, 2021

Roku Inc. said Friday that its new original programming helped drive a “record number” of...

Edesa Biotech shares jump 14% premarket after early review of COVID treatment finds it should continue trial
18 June, 2021

Edesa Biotech Inc. shares jumped 14% premarket on Friday, after the Canadian biotech, which is...

: Bank of Japan to boost funding to help fight climate change
18 June, 2021

AFP via Getty ImagesThe Japanese central bank said on Friday that it would launch a...

Airline shares rise after EU lifts travel ban on Americans: report
18 June, 2021

Shares of U.S. airlines rose in premarket trading on Friday after the European Union reportedly...

Moderna to add 155 more people in high-tech manufacturing jobs in Massachusetts in 2021
18 June, 2021

Moderna Inc. said Friday it remains committed to creating jobs in Massachusetts and will hire...

Sykes Enterprises to be bought out at a 31% premium by Sitel Group
18 June, 2021

Sykes Enterprises Inc. announced an agreement Friday to be acquired by Sitel Group in a...

Orphazyme stock plunges after receiving CRL from FDA after review of NPC treatment
18 June, 2021

Shares of Orphazyme A/S plummeted 54.3% in premarket trading Friday, after the Denmark-based biopharmaceutical company...

Coronavirus tally: Global cases of COVID-19 total above 177.4 million and U.S. to spend $3.2 billion on anti-virals
18 June, 2021

The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness headed above 177.4 million on Friday, according to...

Curevac shares climb 10%; CFO says not giving up on COVID-19 vaccine
18 June, 2021

Shares of Curevac rose 10% in premarket trading on Friday. Shares of the German biotech...

Oil futures end higher, up a 4th straight week
18 June, 2021

Oil futures ended higher on Friday, with U.S prices posting a gain for a fourth...

Gold prices settle at 7-week low, with biggest weekly loss since March 2020
18 June, 2021

Gold futures declined on Friday to mark their lowest settlement in seven weeks, with most-active...

Baker Hughes data show a second-straight weekly climb in U.S. oil-drilling rigs
18 June, 2021

Baker Hughes on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil...

Dow futures sink over 300 points as Fed’s Bullard estimates that initial rate increase could happen in late 2022
18 June, 2021

U.S. stock-index futures saw losses deepen Friday morning as St. Louis Federal Reserve President Jim...

S&P 500 skids 1% lower Friday, putting stock-market benchmark on brink off first close below 50-day average since March
18 June, 2021

The S&P 500 index on Friday was on the verge of marking its firt close...

U.S. Steel raises Q2 profit guidance on higher steel prices, demand
18 June, 2021

U.S. Steel Corp. said late Thursday it expects to report an adjusted net income of...

Pilgrim’s Pride to buy U.K. and Ireland’s Kerry’s prepared meals business
18 June, 2021

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. said late Thursday it has agreed to buy the meats and meals...

Dow slumps, Nasdaq ends near record as investors digest Fed policy outlook
18 June, 2021

Stocks posted a mixed finish Thursday as investors continued to digest the previous day’s change...

El Pollo Loco testing drone delivery in southern California
18 June, 2021

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it has partnered with Flytrex to test...

Coronavirus tally: Global cases of COVID-19 top 177 million and CureVac vaccine is just 47% effective
17 June, 2021

The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness headed above 177 million on Thursday, according to...

Verve Therapeutics upsized IPO prices above the expected range
17 June, 2021

Verve Therapeutics Inc. is set to go public Thursday, after the Massachusetts-based biotechnology company’s upsized...

Philip Morris unveils new structure for the Americas as it works toward smoke-free future
17 June, 2021

Philip Morris International Inc. unveiled a new structure for the Americas on Thursday and named...