*Some weekend hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz have created some misgivings about the ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran. *WTI crude futures are up 5.5% in early trading but remain below ...

*The S&P 500 has recovered all its losses since the start of the Iran war. *The reactions to an illustrious list of earnings reports have been mixed. *The March Producer Price Index was much better ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market started the week on a solid note, with the major averages trading higher throughout the session as tech leadership, broadening strength, and an intraday pullback in oil ...

*The first quarter blended earnings growth rate today is 12.5%. That is down from 12.8% on December 31, but not to worry; that will be the sixth straight quarter of double-digit earnings growth. *The ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.34%) is in second place on Monday afternoon, up about 22 points. Meanwhile, Invesco (IVZ 22.83, -1.30, -5.41%) is near the bottom of the average, dipping after BlackRock ...

[BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: +13.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +122.00. The S&P 500 futures currently trade 13 points above fair value. Netflix (NFLX 100.51, +1.85, +1.9%) trades ...

U.S. Treasuries began the week in mixed fashion with relative strength in longer tenors allowing the long bond to reclaim its loss from Friday's abbreviated session while the short end underperformed, ...

The acquisition brings VYKAT XR (diazoxide choline), a first-in-class therapy targeting hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome, adding a differentiated rare disease asset with strong pricing power and ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-0.1%), Nasdaq Composite (-0.1%), and DJIA (-0.2%) remain a touch lower as the market enters the final half hour of the session. President Trump signed a proclamation to ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The major averages are little changed from previous levels, trading modestly lower in the early afternoon. Bloomberg reported that lawmakers will soon introduce legislation to restrict ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-0.4%), Nasdaq Composite (-0.5%), and DJIA (-0.5%) are off their session highs that saw them reclaim their flatlines, but remain significantly improved from their opening ...

Stocks posted solid gains this week as hopes of a de-escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict supported sentiment, helping the major averages recover some of March’s losses. The S&P 500 (+3.4%), Nasdaq ...