Positive first quarter
earnings reports lifted many stocks of life science tools firms even as the broader biotechnology market suffered.
Not exact matches
Cisco also
reported earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street expectations,
lifted in part by strong sales of software applications.
Just Eat was also among the best performers for its second consecutive day after Barclays analysts had
lifted their rating to overweight after the U.K. online meal delivery portal
reported full - year
earnings in the previous session.
The company said in November when it
reported its third - quarter
earnings that it was facing a slowdown in the number of people visiting its brick - and - mortar stores, although a stronger housing market seems to have helped
lift its sales over the holiday season.
Shares of global tech company NCR soared more than 14 percent Wednesday,
lifted by a better - than - expected
earnings report.
Rising interest rates and a banner year for stocks could
lift reported earnings at some large companies that have made an arcane but significant change to the way their pension plans are valued.
NEW YORK (AP)-- Solid
earnings reports on Thursday helped
lift stocks for a fifth straight session.
In particular, two favorable
earnings reports from major components of the Dow Jones Industrials
lifted the venerable average, and broader measures also followed suit on generally upbeat views of the immediate future for the financial markets.
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report on Canadian penny stock in the resource industry, read Western Forest Products
lifts earnings on revenue gains.