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In trading on Thursday, shares of PTC Therapeutics Inc (Symbol: PTCT) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $45.31, changing hands as high as $47.81 per share. PTC Therapeutics Inc shares are currently trading up about 2.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one y

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What happened The stock market is finishing a strong week with another rally on Thursday before heading into the long Easter weekend. As of noon EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index were both higher by approximately 2%.

What happened Shares of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) jumped as much as 6.8% on Thursday, after the media giant announced that the Disney+ video-streaming service now has 50 million paying members. By 11:10 a.m. EDT, the stock had pulled back to a 4.3% gain.

Tobacco titan Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) said today it won't lay off any of its workforce during the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, the company said it will continue providing full pay for all of its employees, regardless of whether they are currently able to w

With the coronavirus pandemic raging on in the U.S. and across the world, social media giants Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), and Snap (NYSE: SNAP) are seeing a huge uptick in usage. But that isn't translating into i

What happened Shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) were rising on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve expanded a corporate-lending program to include companies with credit ratings that have been downgraded recently to just below investment-grade status. Ford is one of thos

After suffering through a protracted decline in craft beer sales, Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) might very well be on the verge of recording its first quarterly gain in five years for the Samuel Adams brand. 

In trading on Thursday, shares of Alliant Energy Corp (Symbol: LNT) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $52.82, changing hands as high as $54.38 per share. Alliant Energy Corp shares are currently trading up about 5.5% on the day. The chart below shows the one year

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Global equity benchmarks moved higher on Thursday following signs of some success by governments and central banks which have taken additional steps to bolster their economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, while oil prices pulled back from an earlier surge.

The First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 273,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 27,000. Shares of FCEF were up about 5% on the day.

What happened  Shares of Carnival (NYSE: CCL) continued their rally on Thursday, with shares up as much as 14.5% in early trading. At 10:50 a.m. EDT today, shares were up 10.4%, and are up 57.8% so far this week. 

In trading on Thursday, the iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 12.5% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Granite Point Mortgage Trust up about 33.2% and shares of Ladder Capital, up about 30.8% o

In trading on Thursday, railroads shares were relative laggards, up on the day by about 0.7%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Kansas City Southern, off about 2.2% and shares of Canadian National Railway off about 0.6% on the day.

The innovative tech company Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) is growing in a market that is poised to expand in a significant way over the long term. But that doesn't mean the stock represents an attractive investment for prudent investors.

Investors in CSX Corp (Symbol: CSX) saw new options become available today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CSX options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call contract

Investors in Biogen Inc (Symbol: BIIB) saw new options become available today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the BIIB options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one call contr

Investors in Gilead Sciences Inc (Symbol: GILD) saw new options become available today, for the May 29th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the GILD options chain for the new May 29th contracts and identified one put and one c