In the latest trading session, Bank of America (BAC) closed at $33.66, marking a +1.78% move from the previous day. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.04% gain on the day. At the same time, the Dow added 0.19%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.28%.
Astrazeneca (AZN) closed at $50.29 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.53% move from the prior day. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.04%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.19%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.28%.
Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Tuesday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, up 4.3%. Within that group, Occidental Petroleum Corp (Symbol: OXY) and Apache Corp (Symbol: APA) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 11.7%
In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Healthcare stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.4% loss. Within the sector, STERIS plc (Symbol: STE) and PerkinElmer, Inc. (Symbol: PKI) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 3.8% and 3.7%, respectively. Amon
In trading on Tuesday, shares of KeyCorp's Fixed -to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E (Symbol: KEY.PRI) were yielding above the 5.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.5313), with shares changing hands as low as $27.40 on the
In trading on Tuesday, shares of Public Storage's 6.45% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F (Symbol: PSA.PRF) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.2876), with shares changing hands as low as $25.75 on the day. This compares to a
In trading on Tuesday, shares of Digital Realty Trust Inc's 5.200% Series L Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Symbol: DLR.PRL) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.30), with shares changing hands as low as $25.91 on the day.
In trading on Tuesday, shares of Federal Realty Investment Trust's 5.000% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share (Symbol: FRT.PRC) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.25), with shares changing hands as low as $24.80 on the
With the presidential election behind us and the Covid-19 vaccines rolling out across the country, investors seem to be looking forward to a strong economy with future earnings trending upward and unemployment rates falling.
On 1/14/21, Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc's 5.875% Series K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Symbol: UBP.PRK) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3672, payable on 1/29/21. As a percentage of UBP.PRK's recent share price of $24.70, this dividend works
In an effort to take contactless payments to the next level, Mastercard Inc. MA has partnered with NMI and Global Payments Inc. GPN to launch its first live Cloud Tap on Phone pilot with Computer Engineering Group (CEG).Among the three participants, Global Payments, a leading wor
Teladoc Health, Inc. TDOC and DexCom, Inc., have announced that both Livongo for Diabetes and Dexcom members will now receive CGM-powered insights, a new set of features and reports that will help members more easily visualize their health information regarding diabetes.
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in ServiceNow Inc (Symbol: NOW), where a total volume of 7,579 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN), where a total of 180,487 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 18.0 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 49
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Kraft Heinz Co (Symbol: KHC), where a total volume of 33,610 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximatel
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Home Depot Inc (Symbol: HD), where a total volume of 26,722 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately
Editas Medicine, Inc. EDIT announced that the FDA has cleared the initiation of the safety phase of its clinical study on investigational ex vivo gene-editing therapy EDIT-301 being developed for the treatment of sickle cell disease (“SCD”). The company is planning to initiat
The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Duke Realty is now the #72 analyst pick, moving up by 45 spots.
In trading on Tuesday, shares of Office Properties Income Trust (Symbol: OPI) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $23.99, changing hands as high as $24.24 per share. Office Properties Income Trust shares are currently trading up about 1.4% on the day. The chart belo
In trading on Tuesday, shares of Intel Corp (Symbol: INTC) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $53.44, changing hands as high as $53.69 per share. Intel Corp shares are currently trading up about 4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of INTC