Shares of Eastman Chemical Co. EMN, +0.21% rose 0.9% in premarket trading Friday, after the specialty materials company announced a $500 million accelerated share repurchase (ASR) program. Based on the stock’s Thursday’s closing price of $105.67, the ASR represents about 3.7% of Eastman’s market capitalization of $13.62 billion. The company said after the ASR is […]
Mortgage lending growth in China is slowing amid ongoing downturn in real estate market, caused by defaults among developers, lockdowns and worsening consumer sentiment.The total volume of outstanding mortgage loans in China at the end of March was 53.2 trillion yuan ($8 trillion), rising by 6% compared to the same month of 2021 – the […]
Type: Bullish BounceKey Levels:Resistance: 1.11086Pivot: 1.10161Support: 1.09717Preferred Case:On the H4, with price moving above the Ichimoku cloud, we have a bullish bias that price will rise to our 1st resistance at 1.11086 where the 161.8% Fibonacci extension is from our pivot of 1.10161 in line with the 50% Fibonacci retracement and horizontal pullback support.Alternative Scenario:Alternatively, […]
Under Armour Inc. UA, -25.88% UAA, -23.79% shares fell 8% in Friday premarket trading after the athletic company swung to a loss for the transition quarter ending March 31. The company announced in February that it would be shifting its fiscal year. For the period, Under Armour posted a net loss of $59.6 million, or […]
Shares of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. GT, -9.49% rose 0.7% in premarket trading Friday, even after the tire marker reported first-quarter profit and sales that beat expectations, while gross margin contracted as cost of sales growth outpaced sales growth. Net income rose to $96 million, or 33 cents a share, from $12 million, or […]
The numbers: The U.S. added a solid 428,000 new jobs in April, but an acute labor shortage showed little improvement last month and threatens to add to the highest inflation in 40 years. Employment has risen by 400,000-plus for 12 straight months and the number of people working is likely to return to pre-Covid levels […]