Category: Market News

Jun 25
Baker Hughes reports the biggest U.S. oil-drilling rig count increase in 5 weeks

Read Next Dick’s Sporting Goods stock soars, after CEO says help will be provided for those needing to travel for legal abortions Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. undefined shot up 9.6% in midday trading Friday, to pace all the SPDR S&P Retail ETF’s undefined gainers, after Chief Executive Lauren Hobart said the sporting goods […]

Jun 25
Levi Strauss stock jumps after saying it strongly opposes restrictions to reproductive care, including abortion

Shares of Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI, +3.41% jumped 3.5% in afternoon trading Friday, to outperform the S&P 500’s SPX, +3.06% 2.4% gain, after the jeans and apparel seller said it is “strongly” opposes any steps to restrict access to the full range of reproductive health care, including abortion. “Protection of reproductive rights is a […]

Jun 24
U.S. oil futures end higher after back-to-back session declines

Oil futures settled higher on Friday, with U.S. prices recouping much of the losses they suffered on the back of recession concerns over the last two trading sessions. Prices, however, still posted a decline for the week, the second weekly decline in a row. West Texas Intermediate crude for August delivery CLQ22, +2.69% rose $3.35, […]

Jun 24
U.S. stocks finish higher, snapping three weeks of losses

U.S. stocks rallied into the close on Friday with all three benchmarks finishing near their highs of the session as falling commodity prices and intensifying recession fears caused inflation expectations to moderate, helping stocks to post their first weekly gain in three. The S&P 500 SPX, +3.06% gained 116.42 points, or 3%, to 3912.15. The […]

Jun 24
Gold edges lower for the week; copper suffers worse weekly fall in a year

Gold futures edged up on Friday, but posted a loss of 0.6% for the week, as copper prices suffered their largest weekly drop since June of last year. “Gold remains trapped in a range as traders await to see if the latest inflation reports will force the [Federal Reserve] into committing to more massive rate […]

Jun 24
Evofem’s stock jumps 30% after Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade

Shares of Evofem Biosciences Inc. EVFM, +31.89% soared 30.6% in trading on Friday, hours after the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade was announced. Experts have speculated that the court’s decision could lead to restrictions on birth control in the future although that was not included in Friday’s decision. Evofem makes a non-hormonal […]

Jun 24
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, its landmark 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion. The high court had been expected to overturn the precedent after a May 2 report by Politico citing a leaked draft majority opinion of the pending ruling. Source: Marketwatch

Jun 24
Aurora Cannabis upgraded to overweight on prospects for European business

Aurora Cannabis ACB, +10.08% ACB, +8.82% rallied 6% in premarket trades on Friday after Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Pablo Zuanic upgraded the Canadian cannabis company to overweight from neutral and raised his 12-month price target on the stock to C$4.05 ($3.12) from C$3.90. Zuanic said Aurora Cannabis could benefit from growth in the legal cannabis market […]

Jun 24
Emergent BioSolutions says FDA has accepted its anthrax vaccine candidate for review

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. EBS, +7.19% said Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review its application for approval of its anthrax vaccine. Dubbed AV7909, the vaccine is aimed at people aged 18 through 65 years who have been exposed to anthrax for use along with recommended antibacterial drugs. A decision is expected […]

Jun 24
White House: 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for young children have been distributed

The U.S. has delivered more than 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines for young children to approximately 13,000 sites across the country, according to remarks made Thursday by White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha. The Food and Drug Administration last week authorized the BioNTech SE BNTX, +6.98% /Pfizer Inc. pfe and Moderna Inc.’s […]