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Rendering of the Krispy Kreme Times Square flagship. Krispy Kreme Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Virgin Galactic — The space tourism company’s stock is up 3% after announcing founder Sir Richard Branson will be aboard its next spaceflight test. The stock jumped as much as 25% shortly after the open before

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE The quiet holiday week ahead could hold some fireworks for investors if the Fed reveals its thinking on its bond buying program. The four-day trading week could see stocks drift along with indexes at record levels, after stocks gained in the past week.

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Virgin Galactic (SPCE) – Virgin Galactic shares soared 28.2% in the premarket after it announced that founder Richard Branson plans to be aboard a planned July 11 space flight. The flight would be 9 days before a scheduled Blue Origin flight would take

Workers prepare the ground for construction at the Duette solar site which is being developed on previously agricultural land in Bowling Green, Florida, March 24, 2021. Dane Rhys | Reuters June jobs growth is expected to outpace May and more Americans rejoined the workforce, even as companies continued to struggle to find employees to hire.

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Walgreens (WBA) – Walgreens shares rallied 2.8% in the premarket after the drug store operator reported quarterly profit of $1.51 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.17 a share. Revenue topped forecasts as well, helped by a rebound in prescription volumes. The

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks via video link during a virtual emergency meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC countries, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 9, 2020. Saudi Press Agency | Reuters OPEC heads into Thursday’s meeting with Russia and other allies with

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Virgin Galactic (SPCE) – The space transportation company’s stock dropped 3% in premarket trading, after Bank of America Securities double-downgraded the stock to “underperform” from “buy.” BofA notes the recent spike in the stock after the company received approval to carry passengers into

The Charging Bull or Wall Street Bull is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New New York, January 16, 2019. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Stocks are expected to move higher in the second half of the year, propelled by strong earnings gains and super-charged economic growth. The market’s gains, however, are not expected to be

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Boeing (BA) – Boeing is not likely to receive certification for its 777X long-range aircraft until mid-to-late 2023 at the earliest. That’s according to a letter from a Federal Aviation Administration official to Boeing that was obtained by CNBC, saying there were numerous

In this article .AD.IXIC An ASL Airlines Boeing 737-400 freighter landing at Milan Malpensa airport. Fabrizio Gandolfo | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Intellia Therapeutics – Intellia shares surged 56% after the company announced positive results from a phase one study, along with partner Regeneron, of a gene-editing

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) – The drugmaker’s stock rose 3.5% in the premarket after it detailed plans to spin out its consumer health-care business into a separate company. Glaxo will eventually receive an $11 billion payment from the new company. MicroStrategy (MSTR) – MicroStrategy rallied

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Eli Lilly (LLY) – The drugmaker’s shares surged 8.7% in the premarket after Lilly’s Alzheimer’s treatment received “breakthrough therapy” designation from the Food and Drug Administration. The designation means the treatment may show substantial improvement over existing therapies and qualifying it for expedited

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Nike (NKE) – Nike reported quarterly earnings of 93 cents per share, well above the 51 cents a share consensus estimate. Revenue beat forecasts by a wide margin and exceeded $12 billion for the first time. Nike benefited from pent-up demand for its

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft Unity during a glide flight test in New Mexico. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic — Virgin shares soared more than 36% after it announced the Federal Aviation Administration has given it the green light to fly paying customers into space. It’s the first such license approved by the FAA. The company has

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE The monthly jobs report is the highlight in the coming week, as June winds down and markets start the second half of the year. Economists are expecting about 700,000 jobs, better than the 559,000 in May but below the forecasts of several months

In this article BYND MGM KBH MGNI DRI People walk in front of the MGM Resorts International Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Joe Buglewicz | Bloomberg via Getty Images Ad tech stocks — The digital advertising industry saw stocks surge Thursday after Google pushed back its timeline

In this article JPM WFC GS BAC NKE FDX The Nike logo is seen on the Nike store on February 22, 2021 in New York City. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Nike —Shares of the shoe giant popped about 5% in extended trading

The Ford company logo is displayed on a sign outside of the Chicago Assembly Plant on February 03, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Clover Health Investments — Shares of the health care company jumped about 8%, pushing its weekly gains over 13% as Reddit-fueled speculative trading in the name continued. Clover said

In this article CXM BYND SCS Source: Beyond Meat Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Beyond Meat — Shares of the plant-based meat company dipped 1.3% in extended trading after JPMorgan reported that Dunkin’ recently discontinued the Beyond Sausage breakfast sandwich. “We personally enjoyed the Beyond Sausage sandwich at Dunkin’ and thought

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: GameStop (GME) – The videogame retailer’s stock jumped 6.8% in the premarket after it had announced it had completed a previously announced sale of 5 million common shares, raising $1.126 billion. MicroVision (MVIS) – MicroVision shares slid 10.8% in the premarket after the