“While these companies have performed exceedingly well this current financial year, the next financial year probably will not be as good,” says Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Group Chairman, Inditrade Capital We just marked the Budget week and what are the standout sectors that are coming for you because while we were chatting with all the market experts, … Read more
U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Friday and the S&P 500 registered an all-time closing high as strong earnings and a blowout January employment report boosted confidence in the economy, even while lowering the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates any time soon. The rally capped a tumultuous week filled with high … Read more
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 1, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Here’s how big of a surprise corporate profits have been this earnings season: the fourth-quarter is now shaping up to be the best of 2023. Despite ongoing macroeconomic concerns that have … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook listens during a program at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week at Apple Park in San Francisco, Nov. 17, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Apple is facing renewed challenges in China, one of its most critical markets. The iPhone giant’s sales in the greater China region in … Read more
DETROIT – Ford Motor started the year with a slight increase in sales, as a large jump in hybrid vehicles offset an 11% decline in all-electric cars and trucks. The Detroit automaker on Friday reported sales rose 4.3% last month from January 2023, led by a 43% jump in hybrid sales and 2.6% uptick in … Read more
The first customer walks out of the Apple Store with his purchase of the Vision Pro headset in New York on February 2, 2024. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Apple‘s Vision Pro headset officially launches in the U.S. on Friday. Customers who pre-ordered the headset will begin to receive it or pick it … Read more
A Chevron gas station sign is shown on October 23, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Chevron said its fourth-quarter profit fell sharply from a year ago, weighed down by a number of impairment charges, but the second-largest U.S. oil company still to managed to return a record amount of cash to … Read more
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Facebook parent company Meta surged Friday, after the firm reported a threefold jump in fourth-quarter profit and issued its first-ever dividend. As of around 6 a.m. ET, the stock price of Meta was up roughly 17% in U.S. premarket trading. Revenue jumped 25% in the fourth … Read more
An Exxon Mobil gas station in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 203. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Exxon Mobil reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations, but the company’s profit declined significantly from same period the year prior as oil prices weakened. Exxon declared a dividend for the first quarter of … Read more
Bristol Myers Squibb reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped expectations on Friday as its portfolio of new drugs posted strong sales growth. Here’s what the company reported for the fourth quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv: Earnings per share: $1.70 … Read more
