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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: DR Horton – The homebuilder reported quarterly profit of $2.24 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76, with revenue also above forecasts on an increase in closed sales and net orders. DR Horton also raised its dividend and issued an upbeat 2021 outlook. The shares

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Alibaba (BABA) – Alibaba shares are under pressure, amid concerns about tighter regulation of big tech firms by the Chinese government.  The decline in Alibaba shares comes despite an upbeat start to the e-commerce giant’s annual “Singles Day” event, with more than $56 billion in orders

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: DraftKings (DKNG) – The mobile betting service reported a quarterly loss of 57 cents per share, smaller than the 61-cent loss that Wall Street had anticipated, while revenue was above analyst forecasts. DraftKings said it was helped by the resumption of activity by major sports leagues

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE The stock market is caught between the rapidly spreading virus and the promise of a vaccine. That is likely to drive trading in the week ahead, as it did in the past week. Investors have been weighing cyclical plays that will do better when

Medical syringes are seen with Moderna company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 12, 2020. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Energizer Holdings (ENR) – The maker of batteries and other consumer products reported

Chuck Robbins, CEO, Cisco Systems, speaking at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. Check out the companies making headlines after hours on Thursday: Cisco Systems — Cisco shares rallied nearly 9% in after-hours trading on the back of better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter. The company reported earnings per share of

The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Lyft — Shares of the ride hailing company rose more than 3% after executives said Lyft expects to become EBITDA profitable by the fourth quarter of 2021 even if there’s a slower than hoped-for recovery. The company

Here’s a look at the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Moderna — The biotech stock rose 2% after Moderna said that it has had enough cases of Covid-19 in its vaccine candidate trial to take a look at the data, signaling that preliminary results could be released soon. The stock also rose more than

General view during the KKW Beauty Launches at ULTA Beauty on October 24, 2019 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple — Big Tech stocks struggled on Tuesday as the rotation out of recent winners continued

The sell-off in big cap growth and tech may not be just a quick washout in high-priced names. It could be a reset for the stock market. Nasdaq and the high-flying stocks that have powered the market higher have been under pressure for the past two sessions, as investors switch out of names like Amazon,

The Wall Street Bull (The Charging Bull) is seen during Covid-19 pandemic in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States on May 26, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Stocks skyrocketed and bond yields surged as investors bet Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine will help the broader economy recover and revive cyclicals and other

Packages of “Impossible Burger” and “Beyond Meat” sit on a shelf for sale on November 15, 2019 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Beyond Meat — Shares of Beyond Meat tumbled more than 25% in extended trading after the alternative meat

The exterior of the headquarters of biotechnology company Biogen in Cambridge, MA is pictured on March 21, 2019. John Tlumacki | Boston Globe | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Uber, Lyft — Shares of the ridehailing companies jumped 13.3% and 12.8%, respectively, after early voting projections suggest that Californians

People visit the Charging Bull Statue during Covid-19 pandemic in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States on May 25, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The lack of a blue wave makes higher taxes and more regulation less likely, and that’s enough to rally stocks for now. The election outcome is

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: CVS Health (CVS) – CVS named Executive Vice President Karen Lynch as its next CEO, effective Feb. 1, replacing the retiring Larry Merlo. Separately, CVS reported better-than-expected sales and profit for its latest quarter, as prescription drug volumes rebounded. Shares rose 2% in

The labor market was stronger than expected in October, showing good momentum ahead of the latest wave of coronavirus cases. The economy added 638,000 nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate fell by a full percentage point to 6.9%. The government compiled the data for the report in the middle of October. Stock futures temporarily erased

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Roku — Streaming platform Roku jumped 11% after the company reported a surprise adjusted profit for its third quarter. The company posted 9 cents in earnings per share on $452 million in revenue. Analysts had projected a loss of 40 cents per share and $366 million

Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images After an initially exuberant election reaction, stocks may trade more cautiously in the week ahead, as investors watch election developments unfold and track the course of the coronavirus.  The S&P 500 was up more than 7% in the past week, and the Nasdaq rose nearly 9%.

Economists mostly expect job growth slowed in October, as the pace of rehirings dropped off and layoffs increased. Job growth was expected to total 530,000 in October, and the unemployment rate is expected to fall to 7.7%, according to Dow Jones. That number includes about a 150,000 decline in public sector jobs from the end

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: General Motors (GM) – The automaker reported quarterly earnings of $2.83 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.38 a share, helped by strong demand for trucks and SUVs. Revenue was essentially in line with Street forecasts. The shares rose 6.7% in premarket