Uber announced its results for the second quarter of this year, which came in better than expected. Earnings per share: 58 cents versus an expected loss of 51 cents. Revenues: $3.93 billion, compared to an expected $3.75 billion. Uber reported a net profit of $1.1 billion for the quarter. This …
Read More »Wall Street Finishes Mostly Lower
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) closed mostly lower on Wednesday, with Wall Street investors reacting to a weaker than expected jobs data and remarks by the Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida on recovery from the pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 323.73 points, or 0.9%, to close …
Read More »Wall Street Rebounds and S&P 500 Logs New Record High
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) closed higher on Tuesday, recovering from yesterday’s losses after struggling for direction earlier in the session, due to pressures on the tech sector. However, Wall Street investors showed more focus towards earnings reports, with an improved sentiment driving the S&P index to a new …
Read More »NYSE Finishes Lower Reversing Earlier Gains
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) finished Monday mostly in losses, erasing earlier gains amid worries about recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, with the rising number of infections with the new Delta variant, especially after the PMI showed slower expansion in U.S. economic activity last month. The Dow Jones Industrial …
Read More »Wall Street Gives Up Early Gains and Finish the Week with Losses
The main indices of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) finished lower on Friday, registering a weekly decline but maintaining monthly gains in July, with Wall Street investors worried about the spread of Coronavirus Delta variant, despite the positive earnings reports by some of the market’s major listed companies. The …
Read More »Wall Street Rally Ignores Economic Data
The main indices of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) finished Thursday higher, despite a weaker than expected GDP growth numbers registered in the second quarter, as Wall Street investors seemed more optimistic about the Federal Reserve vowing to maintain the low-interest rates for the time being. Accordingly, the Dow …
Read More »NYSE Closes Lower Following Fed Statement
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) showed a mixed performance on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at a historically low level near 0%, vowing to continue to use its full range of tools to support the economy on the road to recovery from the coronavirus crisis. …
Read More »Wall Street Ends Rising Rally with Tech Stocks Leading Losses
The main indices of the New York Stock Exchanges (NYSE) closed lower on Tuesday, ending a rally that saw new record highs on the back of positive earnings reports by some of Wall Street’s blue chips. Concerns over the spread of the Delta variant, which led the CDC to recommend …
Read More »Dollar on a Slide and Wall Street Rise Ahead of Fed Meeting
The Dollar Index (DXY) finished Monday on a lower note, amid anticipation for the upcoming policy meeting by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The index, which measures the performance of the U.S. Dollar (USD) against a basket of six major international currencies settled at 92.649, losing 0.28% on a daily basis, …
Read More »US Stocks Open Higher on Friday
Wall Street’s major indexes opened higher on Friday, boosted by big-cap technology stocks and risk flows continuing to dominate the markets, with the focus shifting to business activity data later in the day. The S&P 500 is up 0.45% today at 4,387, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 0.6% …
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