Shares of Petco Health and Wellness (NASDAQ: WOOF) rebounded 10.6% on Thursday, defying several analyst downgrades on the heels of a much larger post-earnings drop yesterday. Petco's gains today only recouped around a third of its 30%+ plunge on Wednesday, which came after the pe
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Australia's competition watchdog on Friday said it will not oppose the proposed acquisition of two milk processing plants by retailer Coles Group from local dairy processor Saputo.
The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Thursday rose by +0.74%. The dollar rallied Thursday, rebounding further above Wednesday’s 3-1/2 month low. Hawkish comments Thursday from New York Fed President Williams and San Francisco Fed President Daly pushed T-note yields higher and boosted the dollar. Also, a weaker-than-expected Eurozone consumer price...
January WTI crude oil (CLF24 ) on Thursday closed down -1.90 (-2.44%), and Jan RBOB gasoline (RBF24 ) closed down -0.0715 (-3.18%). Crude oil and gasoline prices on Thursday gave up early gains and sold off sharply after OPEC+ said it would cut its crude production level by -1.0 million...
January Nymex natural gas (NGF24 ) on Thursday closed down -0.002 (-0.07%). Nat-gas prices Thursday moved lower for the fifth consecutive session and posted modest losses. An unexpected build in weekly EIA nat-gas inventories on Thursday pressured prices. The EIA reported that nat-gas inventories rose +10 bcf last week versus...
Health care stocks were advancing late Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) each adding 0.9%.
Financial stocks were advancing in late Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index rising 0.7% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) adding 0.9%.
Consumer stocks were mixed late Thursday afternoon with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) increasing 0.5% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) shedding 0.6%.
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U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Thursday, even after economic data provided more evidence that the Federal Reserve could end hiking interest rates, as a sharp drop in yields in recent weeks put the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury on pace for its biggest monthly drop since August 2011.
Chicago wheat and corn futures climbed more than 1% on Thursday as traders covered more short positions following a slump to multi-year lows and as weekly export sales topped forecasts and included sizable purchases by major importer China.
Shares of Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX) climbed as much as 9.2% early Thursday, then settled to trade up 3.5% as of 2:30 p.m. ET after the cloud-computing and hyperconverged-infrastructure (HCI) specialist announced strong quarterly results.
Tomas Soucek scored a late goal to earn West Ham United a 1-0 win over Backa Topola in Serbia on Thursday and secure a top-two finish in Europa League Group A.
Prices for arabica coffee at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in New York rose nearly 7% on Thursday following a sharp reduction on the amount of bags available at ICE's certified warehouses, while raw sugar prices fell more than 3%.
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Investors in Boston Scientific Corp. (Symbol: BSX) saw new options become available today, for the January 2024 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the BSX options chain for the new January 2024 contracts and identified one put
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