Recent global stock upturn fizzles after China rating downgrade

Lowe’s reported first-quarter earnings, revenue and comparable sales Wednesday that missed Street estimates, sending shares of the stock tumbling in premarket trade. The home improvement retailer’s results mark a stark contrast from those of rival Home …

Shares of Nvidia hit a fresh record high in early Tuesday trading, the 69th record high logged by the stock in a year’s time.

The climb came as the biotechnology company’s chief medical officer is expected to speak at a pain therapeutics conference in London on Tuesday.

Stocks opened to narrow gains, but quickly turned mixed Tuesday, as Nokia (NOK) and Agilent Technologies (A) advanced, oil prices rebounded and auto parts retailers dived in early trade.

Hershey shares have even more upside potential, too, from a contrarian standpoint. For instance, short-term options traders are unusually put-skewed at the moment.

AutoZone Inc. suffered its biggest-ever stock price plunge Tuesday, with the auto parts and accessories retailer’s disappointing results prompting a two-notch downgrade from a longtime bull.

The majority of the companies in which lawmakers own stock represent the giants of the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries.

Two things to keep in mind as Analog Devices tries to close in on the 84.34 buy point: First, it can be risky to buy any stock right before it reports quarterly earnings. Second, chip stocks are cyclical and when institutional investors shift their …

shock electricity David Blaine Magician David Blaine channels bolts of electricity from various tesla coils charged with one million volts of electricity during a stunt on Pier 54 in New York.

With stocks rising on Monday for the third straight session, is the stock market rally still intact after last week’s hiccup?

I have consumed more political news in the past 18 months than I did in my previous 51 years on this planet. I know I am not alone in getting drawn in to the events that led up to the U.S.

Cracks are emerging in South Korea’s stock market, which has been showing remarkable resilience to a range of pressures, not least tension with the North.

Sean Williams (Bank of America): If there’s a stock I love to crow about owning to my friends and family, it’s Bank of America.

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Weight Watchers International has been a popular stock recently, although it has also been a volatile one. In 2015, the stock rose more than fivefold in just a matter of months, and coming into 2017, the weight-loss specialist had seen plenty of ups …

… Waymo unit could give Tesla (TSLA) and Uber a run for their money in the self-driving space now that it has partnered with Lyft.

VIX, the most widely followed barometer of expected near-term stock market volatility, has given up nearly all its gains from last week.

Of course, such a scenario may never happen, but perceptions are what determine much of the stock market’s direction: Investors usually tend to act on what they perceive as real or what could become reality.