MRK is surging to record-high territory todayPharmaceutical name Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) is up 1.4% to trade at $91.30 this morning, just off a roughly 20-year high of $92.64 and pennies from the record peak from 2000, on the heels of a drug approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Specifically, the FDA passed Merck's vaccine Ervebo, a preventative drug for the deadly virus Ebol...Read More
RBC believes GM could be the best auto stock in 2020General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) this morning received a bull note out of RBC that said the automaker could outperform its global peers in 2020 because it doesn't have exposure to Europe, and its new pick-up trucks have now been out for a full year in North America. The brokerage firm added that the company's free cash flow could approach $8 bill...Read More
Nabriva is eyeing its biggest one-day drop since MayThe shares of Nabriva Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NBRV) are sinking even deeper into penny stock territory today -- down 18.6% to trade at $1.40 -- after the company said it has entered into an agreement with undisclosed institutional investors for the purchase and sale of a $20 million registered direct offering. This comes despite the drugmaker resubm...Read More
"Horizonte Minerals (#HZM) announces an update and progress in its Corporate Social Responsibility program in the communities surrounding its Araguaia Nickel Project, south of the Caraj??s Mining District in the Par?? State, north east Brazil. https://t.co/c1Hn2UOLGd"Read full newsRead More
BIIB options are affordably priced at the momentThe shares of Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) are up 0.9% to trade at $300.18 this morning, after the drugmaker announced a $5 billion share repurchase program. This is the second $5 billion stock buyback Biogen has issued in 2019. Also fueling today's price action is a price-target hike from Jefferies $325 from $310, territory not charted since March. De...Read More
AAPL is continuing its impressive climb higherTechnology powerhouse Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) is enjoying a modest lift this morning, up 0.3% at $281.02 after receiving a price-target hike to $305 from $290 at Piper Jaffray. The firm's new price sports an 8.9% upside to last night's close of $280.02. From a wider perspective, 19 of 30 covering analysts sport a "buy" or better rating coming into tod...Read More
"Shanta Gold (#SHG) reveals that that its New Luika Gold Mine in South West Tanzania has successfully connected to the state power grid supplied by TANESCO.https://t.co/ePCmNVoV9s"Read full newsRead More
Ontario's government is connecting remote communities and creating opportunities for economic development by investing in the 2019-20 winter roads program.Today, Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines and Minister of Indigenous Affairs, announced over $5.8 million in funding for 31 First Nations and the Town of Moosonee to build and maintain 3,160 kilometres of temporary...Read More
Quadruple witching will occur later todayWall Street has spent most of the week nabbing record highs, and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trending that way once more this morning. Investors are shaking off a mixed quarterly report from retail giant Nike (NKE) while considering the final third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) report, which was unrevised, showing 2.1% growth for...Read More
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Most copper scrap discounts in the United States increased as the Comex copper price continued to strengthen week on week. Fastmarkets assessed the copper scrap No1 copper (also known as brass mills' bare bright), discount, buying price, delivered to brass mill US, at 12-14 cents per lb on Wednesday December 18, increasing from 11-13 cents per lb the week before.Also registering 1-cent gains were...Read More
Base metals prices other than lead closed higher on the London Metal Exchange on Thursday December 19, bolstered by an injection of liquidity into China's open markets, while a weaker US dollar index also proved supportive.Three-month prices trading mixed this morning but ultimately gathered upward momentum after the People's Bank of China (PBoC) injected 30 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) into financ...Read More
All Fastmarkets prices and premiums due to be published at 4pm London time on Thursday December 19 were delayed due to a technical error. The prices were published six minutes late; the Fastmarkets pricing database, MInD, for all prices has now been updated. The prices affected by the delay include: Aluminium P1020A premium, in-whs dup Rotterdam, $/tonne Alumina index, fob Australia, $/tonne ...Read More
All Fastmarkets prices and premiums due to be published at 4pm London time on Thursday December 19 were delayed due to a technical error. The prices were published six minutes late; the Fastmarkets pricing database, MInD, for all prices has now been updated. The prices affected by the delay include: Aluminium P1020A premium, in-whs dup Rotterdam, $/tonne Alumina index, fob Australia, $/tonne ...Read More
The Chinese ferro-silicon market has been steady over the past week amid firm quotations from producers.Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-silicon 75% Si min, in-whs China was 5,900-6,000 yuan ($843-857) per tonne on Wednesday December 18, unchanged for the second straight week. Market participants told Fastmarkets some ferro-silicon production in northwestern China is likely t...Read More