Tag: shares

April 8, 2021

Eastern Bankshares EBC, the Boston bank-holding company that went public in October, agreed to pay $115.28 a share cash, or $642 million, for Century Bancorp. The accord boosted the shares of Century Bancorp, Medford, Mass. At last check they were […]

April 6, 2021

TOKYO — Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street took a breather, with major indexes edging lower. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei fell 0.5% to 29,544.93 and the Shanghai Composite index sank 0.7% to 3,459.25. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.3% to […]

April 2, 2021

Stock futures extended gains and Treasury yields rose Friday after a larger-than-expected addition of 916,000 US jobs in March underscored expectations the world’s largest economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 crisis. The moves in futures and government bonds took […]

February 11, 2021

US stocks hovered near record highs Thursday morning as investors weighed a stagnating labor market rebound and dovish tone from the Federal Reserve. New jobless claims reached an unadjusted 793,000 for the week that ended Saturday, the Labor Department said. […]

February 9, 2021

Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CORT) shares were trading lower Tuesday after the company reported preliminary fourth-quarter sales results and issued fiscal year 2021 sales guidance. Corcept Therapeutics Inc is engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of […]

February 5, 2021

Ford — The legacy automaker’s stock rose 2% after Ford reported better than expected earnings for the fourth quarter and updated investors on its plans for electric and autonomous vehicles. The company said it will spend $29 billion on the […]

January 19, 2021

Goldman Sachs on Tuesday beat analysts’ expectations for fourth-quarter profit and revenue on strong performance from the firm’s equities traders and investment bankers. The bank posted earnings of $12.08 a share, crushing the $7.47 estimate of analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. […]

January 12, 2021

Urban Outfitters — Shares of the retailer slid more than 11% after Urban Outfitters said net sales for the two months ended Dec. 31 fell 8.4% year over year. The company also announced that CEO Trish Donnelly will depart at […]

December 21, 2020

Nike shares jumped more than 5% to a fresh intraday high Monday, despite a broader sell-off, as investors rallied behind the sneaker maker’s latest quarterly results and an upbeat outlook that not many retail companies have been able to offer […]

October 13, 2020

U.S. stocks traded slightly lower early Tuesday as investors parsed earnings from some of the biggest financial institutions, to start the third-quarter reporting season. Wall Street participants also were watching a number of corporate events, including the start of Amazon’s […]