WTI US crude oil rises during the New York session, trading at $84.30. The market sentiment has remained positive as U. S. shares are supported by U. S. Q3 solid corporate earnings, which helped ease investors’ nervousness around high inflation and central bank monetary policy tightening.In the meantime, the US …
Read More »Lockheed Martin shares surge by 11.4% amid supply chain issues
Lockheed Martin shares surged by 11.4% Tuesday as the defense equipment manufacturer lowered its 2021 revenue guidance after supply chain issues kept its Q3 figures behind expectations.The maker of F-35 fighter jets cut its 2021 revenue expectation by 2.5%, to $67 billion, and said next year’s revenue could fall to …
Read More »S&P 500 hits record high on tech strength, earnings optimism
The S&P 500 Index hit a record high on Tuesday over the positive earnings of Tesla, Nvidia and other Tech companies, while upbeat results from UPS and GE raised optimism around the earnings’ season.Tesla rose 5.4%, extending a record round that helped the electric carmaker surpass $1 trillion in market …
Read More »U. S. Shares continue surging on corporate earnings
U.S. stocks rose as traders watch earnings reports from technology heavyweights including Facebook, while keeping in mind inflation-related concerns and rising Covid-19 risks. Energy and materials sectors are on the lead of the S&P 500 higher after the index whipsawed traders at the start of Monday’s U. S. session. PayPal …
Read More »MagnaChip semiconductor shares surge backed by revenues
Shares of South Korean semiconductor manufacturer MagnaChip Semiconductor jumped out of the gate Monday and are up 4.3% after the company crushed its Q3 earnings report versus $0.22 per share on $126.9 million in sales.As financial statements were announced, the company reached that sales target, booking $127 million in revenue. …
Read More »US Major Indexes Give Back Modest Gains
US major equity indexes opened the new trading week on a calm note near last week’s closing levels. The S&P 500 index was up 10 points to 4,542, almost unchanged on the day after giving up modest gains recorded after the opening bell on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average …
Read More »Weekly Recap 18-22 Oct
From Europe to the United States, market drivers ranged from unemployment, inflation-related concerns, earnings and alarming losses to inventories of energy, particularly natural gas. On Friday, Fed’s Chair Jerome Powell officially announced that the U. S. economy is ready for reducing the asset purchases, however, he did not think that …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session 21-10-2021
From Europe to the United States, market drivers ranged from unemployment, inflation-related concerns, earnings and alarming losses to inventories of energy, particularly natural gas. The USD managed to stop its Wednesday’s downtrend to advance anew on Thursday. Risk turned off on Thursday leading the USD to reap the most …
Read More »Barclays profit gets boost from investment banking
Barclays reported better than expected Q3 profits on Thursday, following its Wall Street rivals in receiving a strong push from investment banking.The British bank reported Q3 profit of £1.45 billion vs expected £931.25 million. The figure marks a significant increase from the £611 million reported for Q3 last year.“For many …
Read More »Wall Street Flat, IBM Earnings Impact Tech Stocks
U.S. stock indexes remained flat on Thursday as losses in IBM’s earnings impacted technology shares. The Dow Jones retreated after hitting an intraday record high in the previous session, while the S&P 500 Index was just about 15 points short of from its early September record.Eight of the 11 major …
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