Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday. Carvana — Shares of the online used-car retailer popped nearly 30%, alongside other heavily shorted stocks. Nearly 29% of Carvana shares available for trading are sold short, according to FactSet. The company has faced negative sentiment on Wall Street recently, with downgrades this month from […]
A person in a mask approaches the New York Twitter offices after they announced they will close their re-opened offices effective immediately in response to updated CDC guidelines during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, US , July 29, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Twitter is pausing most hiring […]
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the turbulence in the cryptocurrency market is not a hazard for the stability of the US financial system. Yellen noted that TerraUSD USTUSD, -50.71% had decoupled from its $1 peg in recent days and the world’s largest stablecoin, tether, was briefly under similar pressure. Other companies in the […]
CNBC: Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google being interviewed by Deirdre Bosa. CNBC Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that while consumers are putting the Covid pandemic in the rearview mirror, the economy is clearly a growing concern for the company and the broader market. “We definitely see uncertainty ahead, like everyone else,” Pichai told […]
Mary Barra, Chair and CEO of the General Motors Company (GM), speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 2, 2022. Patrick T Fallon | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — Shares of General Motors on Thursday hit a new 52-week low and opened at their lowest price since November […]
A screen displays the logo and trading information for GameStop on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) March 29, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Shares of two meme stocks emerged on Thursday, adding an unexpected wrinkle for a stock market that has been dropping in choppy trading for more than a month. […]
A worker loads an aluminum coil onto a truck at the Arconic manufacturing facility in Alcoa, Tennessee, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prices at the wholesale level accelerated further in April, part of a broader inflation problem persisting through the US economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported […]
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock futures drop after Wall Street extends its multiday losing streak Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 11, 2022. Source: NYSE US stock futures dropped Thursday as the broad sell-off and revaluation of risk assets […]
Oil prices traded lower on Thursday, reversing some of the previous day’s gains as the commodity market tries to find its footing amid a demand and supply tug of war. price-action West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery CL00, -1.59% CLM22, -1.59% CL.1, -1.59% fell around $1.84, or 1.8%, to $103.78 a barrel. The contract […]
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Ford (F), General Motors (GM) – Ford fell 2.8% in premarket trading while GM slid 3.4% after Wells Fargo double-downgraded both stocks to “underweight” from “overweight.” Wells Fargo said 2022 could represent a profit peak for legacy automakers, with the shift toward electric […]