There hasn't been much good news for vacation stocks. While many travel and entertainment companies were able to open their doors for the summer season, it remains to be seen how well business is going to bounce back amid the continued spread of COVID-19.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose on Thursday, with Apple inching toward $2 trillion in market capitalization, as data showed jobless claims fell below one million last week for the first time since the start of the pandemic in United States.
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Shares of movie theater operator AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) jumped in early-morning trading Thursday, after the chain announced the grand reopening of more than 100 of its theaters scheduled for Aug. 20 -- with hundreds more set to reopen in the following weeks.
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(RTTNews) - Following the release of upbeat jobless claims data, stocks may move to the upside in early trading on Thursday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a modestly higher open for the markets, with the Dow futures up by 21 points.
The futures edged higher
(RTTNews) - Novavax Inc. (NVAX) and SK bioscience, a vaccine business subsidiary of SK Group, announced a development and supply agreement for the antigen component of NVX-CoV2373, Novavax' COVID-19 vaccine candidate, for supply to global markets including the COVAX Facility.
Wall Street was set to open a touch higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 within striking distance of a record high, after data showed weekly jobless claims fell below 1 million for the first time since March.
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