On August 4, news of major explosions at the port of Beirut spread around the world, along with astounding videos and images. It quickly became apparent that the damage was extensive and that many in Beirut had been killed, injured or had become casualties of extensive property
Consumer stocks gained during Tuesday trading, with the SPDR Consumer Staples Select Sector ETF climbing 0.5% while the SPDR Consumer Discretionary Select Sector ETF was posting a 0.4% gain.
Before he died, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs famously said he would go to "thermonuclear war" against Android, kicking off a series of legal battles across the mobile sector that successor Tim Cook eventually defused. Well, the company is again going "therm
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Kraft Heinz Co (Symbol: KHC), where a total volume of 24,530 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximat
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Shares of Teva Pharmaceutical (NYSE: TEVA) fell over 15% today, after the United States government revealed a lawsuit against the drugmaker, accusing it of defrauding Medicare using kickbacks to increase sales of Copaxone.
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Cal-Maine Foods Inc (Symbol: CALM), where a total of 2,465 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 246,500 underlying shares. That amounts to about 79
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Invitation Homes Inc (Symbol: INVH), where a total volume of 21,898 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of appr
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Alphabet Inc (Symbol: GOOGL), where a total of 34,760 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 3.5 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 218
Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Tuesday, shares of Materials companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.2%. Within the sector, Mosaic Co (Symbol: MOS) and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (Symbol: FCX) are two large stocks leading the way, showi
Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Tuesday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 1.2% loss. Within that group, Hess Corp (Symbol: HES) and Devon Energy Corp. (Symbol: DVN) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 3.6% a
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Shares of JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) were climbing again today, following a jump based on its earnings report on Monday, as the Chinese tech stock got a slew of bullish analyst notes Tuesday morning, including an upgrade from Goldman Sachs.
In trading on Tuesday, shares of FNB Corp's Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E (Symbol: FNB.PRE) were yielding above the 6.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.813), with shares changing hands as low as $27.57 on the
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Kohl's Corp. (Symbol: KSS), where a total volume of 59,257 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately