Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Tuesday offered updated COVID vaccine data supporting efficacy in children 6 months to 4 years old. Businesses EFP, -1.88% BTX, -0.03% said updated analysis of 34 cases occurring at least seven days after a three-dose regimen showed a vaccine efficacy of 73.2% in children in this age group. … Read more
A cautious session is expected for Tuesday, after the worst slump since June for the major indices. That’s when a growing number of investors see the Fed moving from rate hikes to a daunting challenge in the face of stubbornly high inflation and a global growth mess. We’ll find out on Friday when Fed Chairman … Read more
A cautious session is expected for Tuesday, after the worst slump since June for the major indices. That’s when a growing number of investors see the Fed moving from rate hikes to a daunting challenge in the face of stubbornly high inflation and a global growth mess. We’ll find out on Friday when Fed Chairman … Read more
Zoom Video Communications Inc. is struggling to convince people to pay for its video conferencing service in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to a reduced forecast and falling stock price on Monday. Zoom ZM, -2.07% executives slashed their full-year earnings and revenue forecast Monday afternoon, and Zoom chief financial officer Kelly Steckelberg … Read more
Equity sellers are poised to pick up where they left off on Friday as the market appears to wake up from its August slumber with a vengeance. As Goldman Sach’s Chief U.S. Equity Strategist David Kostin told his clients after the S&P 500 SPX took just 17 weeks to hit its year-end target of 4,300, … Read more
U.S. stocks traded lower on Friday as more than $2 trillion in stock-linked options expired, as investors digested more hawkish comments from the Federal Reserve. How are stock index futures traded? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.77% fell 302.06 points, or 0.9%, to 33,695. The S&P 500 SPX, -1.29% fell 57 points, or 1.4%, … Read more
U.S. stocks traded lower on Friday as more than $2 trillion in stock-linked options expired, as investors digested more hawkish comments from the Federal Reserve. How are stock index futures traded? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.80% fell 302.06 points, or 0.9%, to 33,695. The S&P 500 SPX, -1.22% fell 57 points, or 1.4%, … Read more
Text size US housing starts in July fell more than expected and to the lowest level since the start of 2021. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Shares were mixed at the open on Tuesday after earnings from walmart and Home deposit beat Wall Street forecasts, but a decline in housing starts provided further evidence of a slowing … Read more