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Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH, +2.58% surged 2.9% in afternoon trading Thursday, enough to pace the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s DJIA, -0.56% gainers, as a raised profit outlook by fellow health care services company Humana Inc. HUM, +8.37% provided a boost. UnitedHealth’s stock’s $15.01 price gain was adding about 99 points to the Dow’s […]

Wedbush analysts added Deckers Outdoor Corp. DECK, +1.48% to their Best Ideas List Thursday, writing that the owner of UGG was a rare earnings success story in an “extremely challenging retail environment” last quarter, as the company was among the few in the sector to increase its outlook. “The rapidly-growing Hoka brand remains one of […]

EURUSD, “Euro vs US Dollar” On H4, at the resistance level, the pair has formed a reversal pattern Harami. The quotes can go by the signal in a descending impulse, possibly aiming at 0.9875. However, the price may grow to 1.0035 and bounce off this level, continuing the downtrend after the correction. USDJPY, “US Dollar […]

Shares of Humana Inc. HUM, +8.37% bounced 2.0% in premarket trading Thursday, after closing at a three-month low in the previous session, as the health care services company raised its full-year profit outlook. The company now expects net earnings per share of “approximately $23.08,” up from a previous estimate of “approximately $20.30.” Excluding nonrecurring items, […]

Railroad operator CSX Corp. CSX, -3.39% said Thursday it has named former Ford Motor Co. F, +1.57% executive Joseph R. Hinrichs as chief executive and president effective Sept. 26. Hinrichs will replace James M. Foote, who is retiring and will also step down from the board. The executive was most recently president of Ford’s automotive […]

Oil futures declined on Thursday, with U.S. prices settling at their lowest in a week. “Oil fundamentals are still mostly bearish as China’s demand outlook remains a big question mark and as the inflation fighting [Federal Reserve] seems poised to weaken the U.S. economy,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA. October WTI crude […]