Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE Stock futures opened flat in overnight trading after the market’s comeback rally hit a speedbump on Wednesday. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 29 points, or 0.07%. S&P 500 futures ticked 0.07% higher and Nasdaq 100 futures edged up 0.09%. The
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U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading on Tuesday, after the S&P 500 closed just shy of a new record. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 28 points. S&P 500 futures were flat, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.07%. All three major averages finished Tuesday’s session in the
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged Tuesday that some inflation pressures are stronger and more persistent than he had anticipated, though still not on par with some of the worst episodes the U.S. has seen historically. Under questioning from a special House panel, the central bank leader continued to attribute most of the recent inflation
A GameStop store is pictured in New York, January 29, 2021. Carlo AllegriI | Reuters GameStop shares climbed after the videogame retailer said it sold five million additional shares, raising $1.13 billion in capital to accelerate growth. The original Reddit favorite meme stock jumped 9% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the company announced the
In this article JPM LB Pedestrians walk past a Bath & Body Works store. Craig Warga | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret is taking out a $500 million loan to finance its split from Bath & Body Works, Bloomberg News reported Monday. The loan is due 2028 and could pay interest that’s
A worker pours wine at a winery in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in 2015. GOH CHAI HIN | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — Fresh off a surge in wine exports and a visit from President Xi Jinping last year, China wants to turn its primary wine-producing region of Ningxia into one that rivals
Moody’s Analytics Mark Zandi has a message for investors: Brace for a significant market correction. The firm’s chief economist expects a more hawkish Federal Reserve will spark a 10% to 20% pullback. And, unlike the sharp drops over the past several years, Zandi anticipates a quick recovery won’t be in the cards particularly because the market
Traders working at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on May 19, 2021. NYSE U.S. stock futures inched up slightly on Thursday night, following a two-day sell-off for the Dow in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s policy update. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.01%. Futures for the S&P 500 ticked
The Klarna logo displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images LONDON — Europe’s tech sector has already attracted more venture capital investment so far this year than it did throughout the whole of 2020, according to data shared with CNBC. Start-ups in the continent have raised a whopping
Treasury yields may be about to break out. Even though yields temporarily fell after this week’s Federal Reserve decision on interest rates, Wells Fargo Securities’ Michael Schumacher expects the benchmark 10-year Treasury Note rate to end the year as high as 2.20%. “The 10-year yield is going up a fair bit through the remainder of