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U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, as hopes President Donald Trump would ease strict stay-at-home restrictions lifted the mood even as investors braced for another staggering jobless claims figure.

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Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Turning Point Brands Inc (Symbol: TPB), where a total volume of 1,313 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of ap

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Technology & Communications sector, higher by 3.4%. Within the sector, Autodesk Inc (Symbol: ADSK) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (Symbol: AMD) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 7.9% and 7.0%, re

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In trading on Tuesday, the iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.7% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Advanced Micro Devices, up about 7.1% and shares of Cirrus Logic, up about 5.8% on the day.

The S&P 500 has recently started recovering some of its losses after the past six weeks of brutal stock market turmoil in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the index is still down about 15% compared to where it was at the beginning of the year.

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Over the past decade since the last financial crisis of 2008, growth stocks have handily outperformed value stocks. This has been due to a number of factors, including low interest rates and tepid economic growth, which puts a premium on stocks that can actually grow. Lower inte

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NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), like other tech stocks, took a hit in 2020 amid COVID-19-related sell-offs. The company has long driven sales by leading the industry in the manufacture of graphics processing units (GPU). Applying some of its GPU technology advances in other areas has led

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Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Advanced Micro Devices Inc (Symbol: AMD), where a total volume of 424,724 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of

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