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Oct 19
Travelers stock up 1.3% premarket after Q3 profit and revenue beat

Travelers Cos. Inc. shares TRV, +4.29% rose 1.3% in premarket trade Wednesday, after the property & casualty insurer topped profit and revenue estimates for the third quarter. The company posted net income of $454 million, or $1.89 a share, for the quarter, down 31% from $662 million, or $2.62 a share, in the year-earlier period. […]

Oct 19
P&G stock rises after profit and sales beats, as 9% jump in pricing helped offset volume decline, FX impact

Shares of Procter & Gamble Co. PG, +1.18% rose 2.1% in premarket trading Wednesday, after the consumer packaged goods company reported fiscal first-quarter profit and sales that rose above expectations, as higher pricing provided a boost, but lowered its full-year sales outlook. Net income fell to $3.94 billion, or $1.57 a share, from $4.11 billion, […]

Oct 19
U.S. oil futures settle with a more than 3% gain

Oil futures climbed on Wednesday, with U.S. prices up by more than 3%. The oil market rebounded as the “tug-of-war between concerns over supply and fears over demand continue the back-and-forth” price action that has been a feature of the past few weeks, said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK. The market […]

Oct 19
Turkey taps blockchain for e-Human project, President Erdoğan announces

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared new details about the country’s e-Human project powered by blockchain. 1742 Total views 16 Total shares Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unveiled new details about the e-Human project powered by blockchain ahead of Turkey’s national blockchain summit.  Cointelegraph Turkey reported the e-Human project will be based on blockchain tech […]

Oct 19
PTC Therapeutics shares fall 10% after announcing pause in U.S. enrollment for a clinical trial

Shares of PTC Therapeutics Inc. PTCT, -10.35% were down 10.1% in trading on Wednesday morning, the day after the company said enrollment in a Phase 2 clinical trial for its Huntington’s disease treatment candidate has been paused. PTC told investors on Tuesday night that the Food and Drug Administration had requested additional information about the […]

Oct 19
U.S. stocks open lower amid rising yields as investors assess housing data

U.S. stocks opened lower Wednesday amid rising yields as investors assessed fresh data on the housing market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.88% dipped 0.4% soon after the opening bell, while the S&P 500 SPX, -1.25% fell 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.51% slipped 0.8%, according to FactSet data, at last check. The […]