U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Tuesday, falling for a second straight day, as a fresh reading on consumer confidence slumped more than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.56% dropped around 490 points to close about 1.6% lower, while the S&P 500 SPX, -2.01% slid about 2% and the Nasdaq tumbled COMP, -2.98% around […]
Walt Disney Co.’s DIS, -0.71% board on Tuesday unanimously voted to extend Chief Executive Bob Chapek’s contract for three years. “Disney was dealt a tough hand by the pandemic, yet with Bob at the helm, our businesses — from parks to streaming — not only weathered the storm, but emerged in a position of strength,” […]
The American Petroleum Institute reported late Tuesday that U.S. crude supplies declined by 3.8 million barrels for the week ended June 24, according to sources. The API also reportedly showed a weekly inventory increases of nearly 2.9 million barrels for gasoline and 2.6 million barrels for distillate. Oil stocks at the Cushing, Okla., delivery hub […]
Visa Inc. V, -2.67% said Tuesday that its board of directors approved a deposit of $600 million into a litigation escrow account that the company previously set up in response to a years-old merchant lawsuit. The account is set up so that funding of the litigation escrow account dilutes the value of the company’s bank-owned […]
AUDUSD, “Australian Dollar vs US Dollar” As we can see in the H4 chart, AUDUSD is trading below the 200-day Moving Average to indicate a descending tendency. In this case, the price is expected to test 1/8, break it, and then continue falling to reach the support at 0/8. However, this scenario may no longer […]
Global energy consumption increased by 5.8% over the past year (2021), to exceed pre-corona epidemic levels, with the recovery of economic activity. The annual statistical review issued by the British oil company BP, which was seen by the Energy Research Unit, showed that global energy consumption exceeded 2019 levels by 1.3%. At the same time, […]