A few factors are driving equities lower today, including share price pressure for Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN), two of the less than a dozen stocks that were responsible for powering equities higher in recent weeks
Stocks ended Thursday in the red, but the S&P 500 and the Dow have posted the largest one-month percentage gains since January 1987, 12.88% and 11.08%, respectively.
Consumer stocks were ending above their mid-day session lows, with McDonald's (MCD) sinking about 0.6% after earlier reporting Q1 earnings trailing Wall Street expectations and the fast-food giant saying the COVID-19 pandemic was causing "dramatic changes" in consumer behavior.
Stocks ended lower after more grim economic data, but major U.S. indexes posted large gains for the month. The Dow rose 11%, its best April performance since 1938.
NASA on Thursday selected space firms SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House's accelerated deadline under the space agency's moon-to-Mars campaign.
Wall Street's main indexes fell on Thursday after a strong month of gains as millions of more Americans applied for jobless claims, taking the shine off a strong rally this month and eclipsing upbeat results from Facebook and Tesla.
Consumer stocks were mostly lower, with McDonalds (MCD) sinking more than 2% after earlier reporting Q1 earnings trailing Wall Street expectations and the fast-food giant saying the COVID-19 pandemic was causing "dramatic changes" in consumer behavior.
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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as millions of more Americans applied for jobless claims, taking the shine off a strong rally this month and eclipsing upbeat results from Facebook and Tesla.
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Thursday morning brought an end to a streak of rising stock market days, as investors seemed perturbed by continued economic impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. First-time claims for unemployment benefits came in at 3.8 million for the most recent week, bringing the total num
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones indexes dipped on Thursday as a grim U.S. jobless claims report took the shine off a strong month for stock markets globally, but encouraging quarterly earnings reports from Facebook and Tesla supported the Nasdaq.
In early trading on Thursday, shares of Tesla topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 6.9%. Year to date, Tesla registers a 104.5% gain.
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Wall Street's main indexes were set to open lower on Thursday at the end of a strong month for stock markets globally as a grim U.S. jobless claims report overshadowed upbeat results from Facebook and Tesla.
Consumer stocks were flat to lower premarket Thursday, with consumer discretionary firms (XLY) recently down 0.54% and shares of staples companies in the S&P 500 (XLP) down 0.61%.