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Investors clearly felt UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) stock was good insurance against a slumping market on Wednesday. On the back of a recommendation upgrade from an analyst, they traded the

The stock market continued a trend that we've seen play out several times this week, as various parts of the market did well while others underperformed. The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC)

Shares of cloud software companies, including Appian (NASDAQ: APPN), Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), were all moving lower today as downbeat economic data raised fears of a

A major star in the cryptocurrency firmament earlier this week, Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) started to dim on Wednesday. In late afternoon trading, the high-profile meme coin was down nearly 4% in price

Many investors unplugged the stock of specialty electric-vehicle (EV) maker Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) on Wednesday. Looming over the company was an announcement from a big rival that it was

Shares of Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) rose 59.8% in March 2023, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Dramatic price drops or bloodcurdling crashes are common events for this

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) traded lower on Wednesday, slipping as much as 2.3%. When the market closed for the day, the stock was still down 1.1%

A broad cross section of stocks ended the day

Shares of high-growth software companies CrowdStrike Hodings (NASDAQ: CRWD), MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), and Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) fell hard today, declining 6.6%, 6.5%, and 5.7%, respectively, at the

Shares of C3.ai (NYSE: AI) were falling for the second day in a row today as investors continued to react to yesterday's short-seller report from Kerrisdale Capital.

Though there was no additional

Shares of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) were moving higher today after the company got some favorable legal news.

The healthcare giant reached a settlement worth $8.9 billion over allegations that

Shares of MorphoSys (NASDAQ: MOR) were up more than 16% Wednesday afternoon after the biopharmaceutical company updated the trials status of the company's lead therapy. The stock is up more than 28%

Shares of e-commerce and cloud computing kingpin Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) slumped Wednesday, shedding as much as 3.1%. As of 1:36 p.m. ET today, the stock was still down 2.6%.

The downtrend in the

Shares of electric vehicle (EV) charging network provider ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE: CHPT) are dropping sharply Wednesday. As of 2 p.m. ET, the stock was down 6.2% after recovering a bit from an

Shares of content delivery network (CDN) operator Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) rose by an electrifying 27.9% in March, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. There were several twists and

A few years ago, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) wowed investors with its earnings increases and top positions in the high-growth industries of e-commerce and cloud computing. The company is still a leader in

Shares of consumer services-focused stocks such as Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB), Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU), and DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) all fell hard on Wednesday, declining 3%, 5.8%, and 5.3%, respectively

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The share prices of some technology companies were tumbling fast today on no company-specific news, but rather on the latest jobs report, which showed that the number of new hires increased by far

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Shares of InflaRx (NASDAQ: IFRX) were up 48% an hour after the market opened on Wednesday on news the company's COVID-19 therapy was receiving an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Food and

Shares of Universal Display (NASDAQ: OLED) rose 14.2% in March, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The technology developer behind the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen