Major U.S. stock indexes tumbled on Friday, dragged by losses in tech heavyweights that had been priced for perfection, and a record rise in coronavirus cases fed the glum mood along with presidential election jitters.
Earnings season has reached its peak, and on Friday, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) didn't like what it saw from the latest reports of its most important constituents. As of 1 p.m. EDT, the Nasdaq was down 2.5%, doubling the declines in a couple of other prominent stoc
What happenedThis is not how earnings beats are supposed to work: On Thursday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported a staggering profit of $12.37 per share (Wall Street had predicted only $7.41) on sales of $96.1 billion that likewise beat street estimates of $92.7 billion. The e-comme
Wall Street's major indexes tumbled on Friday, dragged down by a slide in shares of tech heavyweights following their quarterly results, with a record rise in coronavirus cases and nerves over the presidential election adding to a downbeat mood.
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares have been under pressure since it reported third-quarter earnings last week. The stock was immediately down 7% the day after earnings and remains at that level as of this writing.But in a recession caused by a global pandemic that's still getting wor
What happenedShares of Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) were losing ground Friday after the telehealth specialist announced it had completed its merger with Livongo Health, the health-tech company best known for its diabetes-monitoring platform.
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Wall Street's major indexes tumbled on Friday, dragged down by a slide in shares of tech heavyweights following their quarterly results, with a record rise in coronavirus cases and nerves over the presidential election adding to a downbeat mood.
U.S. stocks fell on Friday, dragged down by a slide in shares of tech heavyweights following their quarterly results, with a record rise in coronavirus cases and nerves over the presidential election adding to a downbeat mood.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported strong third-quarter results after the market close on Thursday, but shares of the e-commerce and cloud computing titan fell by 1.9% in after-hours trading. We can attribute the market's slightly negative initial reaction to management's fourth-quar
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Wall Street was set to tumble again on Friday, triggered by a selloff in tech heavyweights following their underwhelming business updates, with a record rise in coronavirus cases and nerves over the presidential election adding to a downbeat mood.
As we head into the last weekend before the election, markets are getting spooked, with the U.S. once again hitting a record high for new daily cases yesterday.
Dominant tech companies will have to explain how their algorithms work under proposed new EU rules and also open up their ad archives to regulators and researchers, Europe's digital and antitrust chief said on Friday.