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Kyle Roberts fills up his gas tank at the Marathon gas station in Tampa, Florida, May 12, 2021. Octavio Jones | Reuters July fourth gasoline prices are expected to be the highest they’ve been for the holiday weekend in seven years, and they are forecast to rise even higher later in the summer. The national

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Virgin Galactic (SPCE) – Virgin Galactic shares soared 28.2% in the premarket after it announced that founder Richard Branson plans to be aboard a planned July 11 space flight. The flight would be 9 days before a scheduled Blue Origin flight would take

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE The quiet holiday week ahead could hold some fireworks for investors if the Fed reveals its thinking on its bond buying program. The four-day trading week could see stocks drift along with indexes at record levels, after stocks gained in the past week.

Rendering of the Krispy Kreme Times Square flagship. Krispy Kreme Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Virgin Galactic — The space tourism company’s stock is up 3% after announcing founder Sir Richard Branson will be aboard its next spaceflight test. The stock jumped as much as 25% shortly after the open before

Pedestrians walk past a Walgreens store in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Didi — Shares of the Chinese ride hailing company surged more than 14% in their second day of trading, rising back above $16 per share. The stock had a muted session

Signage is displayed outside of a Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. store in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. WideOpenWest — The U.S. cable operator saw its stock price increase 12.3% after it announced it will

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Big banks – Goldman Sachs (GS), Bank of America (BAC), Morgan Stanley (MS), JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) all announced dividend increases after passing the Fed’s latest stress tests. Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo both doubled their dividends, while Citigroup (C)

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Boeing (BA) – Boeing is not likely to receive certification for its 777X long-range aircraft until mid-to-late 2023 at the earliest. That’s according to a letter from a Federal Aviation Administration official to Boeing that was obtained by CNBC, saying there were numerous

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft Unity during a glide flight test in New Mexico. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic — Virgin shares soared more than 36% after it announced the Federal Aviation Administration has given it the green light to fly paying customers into space. It’s the first such license approved by the FAA. The company has

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE The monthly jobs report is the highlight in the coming week, as June winds down and markets start the second half of the year. Economists are expecting about 700,000 jobs, better than the 559,000 in May but below the forecasts of several months

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Nike (NKE) – Nike reported quarterly earnings of 93 cents per share, well above the 51 cents a share consensus estimate. Revenue beat forecasts by a wide margin and exceeded $12 billion for the first time. Nike benefited from pent-up demand for its

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Eli Lilly (LLY) – The drugmaker’s shares surged 8.7% in the premarket after Lilly’s Alzheimer’s treatment received “breakthrough therapy” designation from the Food and Drug Administration. The designation means the treatment may show substantial improvement over existing therapies and qualifying it for expedited

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) – The drugmaker’s stock rose 3.5% in the premarket after it detailed plans to spin out its consumer health-care business into a separate company. Glaxo will eventually receive an $11 billion payment from the new company. MicroStrategy (MSTR) – MicroStrategy rallied

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: GameStop (GME) – The videogame retailer’s stock jumped 6.8% in the premarket after it had announced it had completed a previously announced sale of 5 million common shares, raising $1.126 billion. MicroVision (MVIS) – MicroVision shares slid 10.8% in the premarket after the

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: MicroStrategy (MSTR) – MicroStrategy shares tumbled 8.7% in premarket trading amid a slide in bitcoin prices following the expansion of China’s crackdown on bitcoin mining. The business analytics company is among the biggest corporate investors in bitcoin, with several billion dollars in holdings

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE The Federal Reserve’s signal that it is looking to step away from some of its easy policy is expected to continue to be a dominant trading theme in the week ahead and likely for the rest of the summer. In the past week,

In this article JPM LEN TK NVDA C FOXA A sign is posted in front of the NVIDIA headquarters on May 10, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nvidia — Shares of Nvidia gained 2.3% after Bank of America raised its price target on

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Adobe (ADBE) – Adobe reported quarterly profit of $3.03 per share, 21 cents a share above estimates. The software company’s revenue also topped Wall Street forecasts and Adobe gave stronger-than-expected current-quarter guidance. Its shares rose 3.1% in premarket trading. Smith & Wesson (SWBI)

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: CureVac (CVAC) – CureVac shares plunged 46.2% in the premarket after the German drugmaker reported disappointing results from a study of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine. The treatment was 47% effective in a clinical trial, compared to more than 90% for other mRNA-based vaccines

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Oracle (ORCL) – Oracle earned $1.54 per share for its latest quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.31 a share. The business software company’s revenue topped estimates as well. The company forecast current-quarter profit below consensus, however, as it increases investment in its