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U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on Wednesday following their strongest advance in a month as investors awaited more quarterly earnings reports. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.36% was off 5 points, or 0.1%, at 3,931. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.13% fell 50 points, or 0.2%, to 31,779. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +1.30% lost 3 […]

The Energy Information Administration on Wednesday reported that U.S. crude inventories fell by 400,000 barrels for the week ended July 15. On average, analysts expected a decline of 200,000 barrels, according to a poll conducted by S&P Global Commodity Insights. The American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday reported a 1.9 million-barrel increase, according to sources. The […]

Bath & Body Works Inc. BBWI, -2.12% shares dropped 8.7% in Wednesday premarket trading after the retailer issued a downward revision of its second-quarter and full-year guidance. Bath & Body Works, known for its scented lotions and candles, now expects second-quarter sales to be down 6% to 7% versus previous guidance for a low-single-digit percent […]

Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC, -1.09% gained 0.9% in premarket trading Wednesday, after the movie theater operator and “meme” stock said it paid about $50 million to repurchase about $72.5 million of its 10.0% second lien debt due 2026, representing about a 31% discount. The company said the repurchase of the debt will […]

Shares of WeTrade Group Inc. WETG, +67.92% ran up 12.1% in volatile trading Tuesday, after the China-based developer of ecommerce platforms for microbusinesses debuted on the Nasdaq exchange, and announced the pricing of its $40 million stock offering. The stock was uplisted to the Nasdaq Capital Market as of Tuesday, after previously trading over the […]

Oil futures finished higher on Tuesday, shaking off earlier losses as concerns over the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ inability to significantly raise production and talk of more U.S. restrictions on fossil fuels created an environment for higher oil prices, said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at The Price Futures Group. Some expectations for […]

Shares of Novavax Inc. NVAX, +11.60% jumped 11.9% in trading on Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in favor of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine. The next step is for CDC director Rochelle Walensky to decide whether to sign off on the decision; if she does, the […]

The U.S. has new intelligence that Russia is planning to annex more Ukrainian territory, the Biden administration said Tuesday. Briefing reporters at the White House, John Kirby, the National Security Council’s strategic communications coordinator, said such a move would be “illegal and illegitimate,” and that Russia would face extra sanctions. Kirby said the U.S. would […]

Stocks rose sharply Tuesday in a broad rally, gaining ground as investors focused on earnings and guidance as equities extended a bounce from their June lows. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose around 754 points, or 2.4%, to close near 31,827, according to preliminary figures. The S&P 500 SPX, +2.76% jumped 2.8% to finish near […]

The American Petroleum Institute reported late Tuesday that U.S. crude supplies rose by 1.9 million barrels for the week ended July 15, according to sources. The API data also reportedly showed a weekly inventory climb of 1.3 million barrels for gasoline and a supply decline of nearly 2.2 million barrels for distillates. Oil stocks at […]