(RTTNews) - Friday, ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. (XOM) announced a preliminary statement that higher refining margins boosted its third-quarter earnings by an estimated $4.5 billion.
As of 11:37 AM ET, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) is down 0.34% to 7,718, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) has fallen 1.09% to 26,419, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) is up 0.29% to 52,327 as investors rotate out of tech stocks into defensive secto
Key PointsHome Depot is expanding with professional customers through its SRS and GMS acquisitions, and it expects fiscal 2026 comparable sales growth of approximately flat to 2.0%.
In trading on Friday, the First Trust Natural Gas ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.6% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Granite Ridge Resources, up about 3.9% and shares of Crescent Energy, up about 3.9% on the day.
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In trading on Friday, computers shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 3.2%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Quantum, down about 10.2% and shares of Super Micro Computer down about 7.3% on the day.
Also lagging the market Friday are application soft
The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Everpure is now the #71 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.
This rank is formed by averaging the analyst opinions for each component from each b
Key PointsBroadcom is helping artificial intelligence companies design and fabricate their own data center chips, giving them an alternative to Nvidia's GPUs.
In a study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages, for the underlying components of the S&P 500, Everpure Inc (Symbol: P) has taken over the #71 spot from Loews Corp. (Symbol: L), according to ETF Channel. Below is a chart of Everpure Inc versus Loews Corp. plot
Shareholders of Arbor Realty Trust Inc (Symbol: ABR) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 24.5% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2027 covered call at the $3 strike and collect the premium based on the 40 cents bid, which annualizes to an additional 58.3
A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Eldorado Gold Corp (Symbol: EGO) is the #44 broker analyst pick, on average, out of the 50 stocks making up the Metals Channel Global Mining Titans Index, according to Metals Channel. The Metals Channel Globa