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Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Magellan Health (MGLN) – The managed care company agreed to be acquired by Centene (CNC) for $95 per share in cash or $2.2 billion. The deal represents a nearly 15% premium for Magellan shareholders over its most recent closing price. Shares of Magellan

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., arrives at the Axel Springer Award ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Quantumscape — Shares of the battery company slid more than 37% as investors

Voters stand in line to cast their ballots during the first day of early voting in the US Senate runoff at the Gwinnett Fairgrounds, December 14, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. Tami Chappell | AFP | Getty Images Apprehension about Georgia’s Senate runoff election Tuesday helped fuel a sharp New Year’s selloff, and politics could continue

Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Micron — Micron shares popped more than 6% after a Citi analyst upgraded the chipmaker to buy from sell, citing a favorable supply-and-demand outlook. Alibaba — Shares of the Chinese e-commerce giant jumped more than 4% after CNBC’s David Faber reported billionaire

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Micron Technology (MU) – Citi gave the chip and hard drive maker a double upgrade, to “buy” from “sell,” based on its expectation of a long-awaited upturn in DRAM memory chip market. Micron rose 3.2% in premarket trading as of 7:39 a.m. ET.

Cases of eggs from Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., await to be handed out by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce employees to several hundred families along with over 1,400 boxes of meat products from Merchants Foodservice and 2,200 gallons of milk from Borden Dairy, at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 7, 2020.

Voters line up early in the morning to cast their ballots in the U.S. Senate run-off election, at a polling station in Marietta, Georgia, U.S., January 5, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters If Georgia voters surprise the market by electing two Democratic Senators in Tuesday’s runoff election, bond yields could immediately go higher and stocks

A SunPower executive on site at the California Valley Solar Farm near Santa Margarita, Calif., in San Luis Obispo County. Michael Macor | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  SunPower – The solar company surged more than 18% as investors eyed the Georgia

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: UnitedHealth (UNH) – The health insurer is buying health-care technology company Change Healthcare (CHNG) for $25.75 per share in cash, compared to Change’s Tuesday close of $18.24, or $7.84 billion. UnitedHealth will combine Change Healthcare with its Optum health IT unit. Walgreens (WBA)

Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff (R) and Raphael Warnock (L) of Georgia wave to supporters during a rally on November 15, 2020 in Marietta, Georgia. Jessica McGowan | Getty Images Democratic control of Congress should help keep the bull market in stocks going with a big boost of fiscal spending, but it could also

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Accenture (ACN) – The consulting firm earned $2.32 per share for its fiscal first quarter, compared to a consensus estimate of $2.05 a share. Revenue beat estimates as well. Accenture also raised its full-year forecast, with demand for digital and cloud services remaining

The Georgia Senate runoff elections are a wild card for markets in the first days of the new year, and it has the potential to reshape not only the national political agenda but also the course of the markets and the economy in the year ahead. Two incumbent Republican senators are in a tight race

The Roku 3 television streaming player menu is shown on a television in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg via Getty Images Here are the stocks making headlines in midday trading: Roku — Shares of Roku gained 3.5% after the streaming company announced it will carry HBO

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Darden Restaurants (DRI) – The restaurant operator reported quarterly earnings of 74 cents per share, beating estimates by 3 cents a share. Revenue came in below forecasts, however, as same-restaurant sales fell 20.6% compared to a FactSet estimate of an 18.3% decline. Darden

Check out the companies making headlines in after hours trading. FedEx — Shares of the shipper slid more than 3% in after hours trading despite FedEx beating top and bottom line estimates during the second quarter. For the period the company earned $4.83 excluding items, on $20.56 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv expected

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE The stock market appears set on rising into 2021 — a year expected to see some return to normalcy, above trend economic growth, and a higher stock market, according to Wall Street. Even with this year’s sharp sell-off, the S&P 500 is notching

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle company jumped more than 1% to a new all-time high ahead of Tesla’s inclusion in the S&P 500. The stock will be added to the benchmark index before the opening bell on Monday based on Friday’s closing prices. There

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Tesla (TSLA) – Tesla joins the S&P 500 index as of today, following a high-volume day of trading Friday as index fund managers prepared for its inclusion. Tesla will have the 6th largest market cap in the index, behind Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet,

Take a look at the stocks making notable moves in midday trading. Nike — Shares of the shoe giant popped more than 4% after Nike reported strong quarterly earnings that showed digital bets paying off. Nike reported earnings of 78 cents per share on revenue of $11.24 billion. Analyst expected earnings of 62 cents per

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Pfizer (PFE) – Pfizer and the government struck a deal for the drugmaker and partner BioNTech (BNTX) to provide 100 million more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, increasing the total that Pfizer has agreed to provide to 200 million. The extra 100 million

People wearing face masks are seen inside a Tesla showroom at a shopping mall in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 30, 2020. Aly Song | Reuters Tesla’s entry into the S&P 500 could be anything but a quiet ride, and it is likely to put downward pressure on

Pedestrians seen walking past Canadian athletic apparel retailer Lululemon in Shanghai. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Lululemon — Shares of Lululemon rose slightly after the athletic apparel retailer posted quarterly results that topped expectations. Lululemon reported sales of $1.1 billion, up

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Walt Disney (DIS) – Disney said its Disney+ streaming service now has 86.8 million subscribers, a number it says could grow to 260 million by 2024. The company said over the past 2 months, the service has added more than 13 million subscribers.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE The week ahead is so jam-packed for markets that it could determine whether there will be a smooth glide path for a Santa rally into the end of the year. First, Congress looks set to fight down to the wire about a pandemic

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Snowflake — Shares of the data-warehousing software maker slid more than 4% after Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock a hold rating. “Pent-up demand for high-multiple names, such as Snowflake, may be limited as we wrap up 2020 and investors look to protect their year,” the firm

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Eli Lilly (LLY) – The drugmaker announced a deal to buy Prevail Therapeutics (PRVL) for $880 million or $22.50 per share, with Prevail shareholders also receiving a “contingent value right” worth up to $4 per share subject to future regulatory approvals of Prevail

A DoorDash Inc. delivery bag sits on the floor at Chef Geoff’s restaurant in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Pfizer, BioNTech — Shares of the drug makers fell 2% and 6% respectively, despite the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the firms’ Covid-19

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Alphabet (GOOGL) – Multiple Google services, including Gmail and YouTube, suffered a widespread outage this morning for an undetermined reason. “Service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the near future,” Google said in

The Fed may see a brighter long-term outlook when it releases its economic forecasts Wednesday due to vaccine developments, but it also has the opportunity to disappoint at least some investors who are expecting immediate changes in its bond buying program. The market has been divided about whether the Fed would extend the duration of

The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max is unveiled during a virtual product launch. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Apple — Apple shares rose more than 3% after Nikkei reported the tech giant will ramp up its iPhone production by about 30% in the first