* Nonfarm payrolls up by 223,000, just below the 224,000 expected * Unemployment rate falls to lowest since May 2008 * Microsoft jumps on news it’s not pursuing Salesforce * All 30 Dow components in the black * Indexes up: Dow 1.22 pct, S&P 1.02 pct, Nasdaq 1 pct (Updates to open, adds comment) By…
438 companies in the S&P have reported Q1 earnings thus far (87.6%) 15 (3%) companies report Q1 equivalent quarters next week Q1 Recap: 63.0% have POSITIVE EPS surprise 03.9% have NEUTRAL EPS surprise 33.1%% have NEGATIVE EPS surprise Source: RealMoney
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BY CAROLINE VALETKEVITCH (Reuters) – U.S. stocks bounced back sharply on Friday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares in the healthcare and technology sectors, and as data gave further signs of a pickup in the economy. Apple (AAPL.O) provided the biggest boost to the major indexes, jumping 3 percent to $128.95 in its biggest daily…
Stocks Fell After Hitting New Highs Last Week After all was said and done, underneath the surface, it wasn’t a pretty week on Wall Street. On Monday, the benchmark S&P 500 hit a new high for the year, then turned lower after several key areas of the market began to fall out of bed. Social media…
Markets | Fri May 1, 2015 9:06am EDT (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were poised to open higher on Friday ahead of the release of data that could support signs that the economy is regaining momentum after stumbling in the first quarter. Construction spending is expected to have risen in March after slipping in February, while…
By Jessica Menton @JessicaMenton j.menton@ibtimes.com on April 30 2015 7:52 PM EDT U.S. stocks extended losses and closed sharply lower Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging nearly 200 points, as all three major U.S. indexes traded lower. Thursday’s declines were led by biotechnology, following disappointing quarterly earnings results, while shares of Dow component Apple…
Technology | Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:23pm EDT (Reuters) – Micro-blogging website operator Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) reported quarterly revenue below Wall Street expectations, causing shares to drop sharply in the last hour of trading. Twitter’s results were leaked early by Selerity, a financial data company; they were scheduled for release after the close of trading….
* Apple shares up ahead of results * Applied Materials falls after merger called off * Futures up: Dow 53 pts, S&P 4.75 pts, Nasdaq 16 pts (Adds details, comment, updates prices) By Tanya Agrawal April 27 (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures pointed to a modestly higher open on Monday after the Nasdaq and…