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Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (NYSE: SQM), or SQM, stock jumped 5.6% on Thursday, May 19, following the lithium giant's release of powerful first-quarter 2022 results on Wednesday after the

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Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT)Q2 2022 Earnings CallMay 19, 2022, 4:30 p.m. ET

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Thursday didn't give any relief to stock market investors, with attempts during the day to see a sustained rebound failing to provide any follow-through. By the end of the day, the Dow Jones

Shares of Under Armour (NYSE: UAA) (NYSE: UA) fell sharply on Thursday after the athletic apparel maker announced the imminent and unexpected departure of its chief executive officer. 

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The mood wasn't festive around Carnival (NYSE: CCL)(NYSE: CUK) stock on Thursday. The company, which struggled mightily during the worst period of the pandemic, saw its share price fall by almost

Shares of Dollar General (NYSE: DG) are down 13.3% so far this week, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. There wasn't any news from the discount retailer, but poorly received earnings

Several days after experiencing a pleasant share price pop on good regulatory news, Dynavax (NASDAQ: DVAX) repeated the feat on Thursday. An important partner for the company reported an encouraging

Shares of Grab Holdings (NASDAQ: GRAB) surged 24% on Thursday after the ride-hailing and delivery platform delivered stronger-than-expected growth metrics. 

Grab's revenue rose 6% year over year to

Shares of Wayfair (NYSE: W) sank 13.3% this week, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The online retailer focused on home goods and furniture did not have any business/earnings updates this

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Vipshop Holdings (NYSE: VIPS)Q1 2022 Earnings CallMay 19, 2022, 7:30 a.m. ET

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Cloud computing services provider Digital Ocean (NYSE: DOCN) was a big winner in the stock market sweepstakes Thursday. The company's shares rose almost 12% on the day, in sharp contrast to the

Shares of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) tumbled this week, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The maker of networking, software, and cloud-computing solutions posted weak revenue numbers

Shares of BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE: BJ) jumped 7.4% on Thursday as investors cheered the discount warehouse chain's impressive revenue and profit growth.

The retailer's net sales rose 16.3% year

Shares of BioXcel Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BTAI), a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in neuroscience and immuno-oncology therapies, saw its shares rise 25.2% this week, according to data from

Precious metals stocks shone brightly on Thursday, with several gold and silver stocks jumping by double-digit percentages by midday. Here's how much the top-performing stocks from the sector had

Shares of Canaan (NASDAQ: CAN) surged as much as 21.3% higher on Thursday, following the release of impressive first-quarter results. By 3 p.m. ET, the stock had retreated to a still-impressive gain

Shares of GDS Holdings (NASDAQ: GDS), a Chinese data center company, skyrocketed today after the company reported its first-quarter results. GDS fell short of analysts' expectations for earnings

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Copart (NASDAQ: CPRT)Q3 2022 Earnings CallMay 19, 2022, 11:00 a.m. ET

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BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BJ)Q1 2022 Earnings CallMay 19, 2022, 8:30 a.m. ET

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Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) has once again rebuked a takeover overture from JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), despite JetBlue's willingness to pay a higher price than Spirit merger partner Frontier

Volatility in the cryptocurrency market continues to make headline news. However, today's price action has broadly taken a bullish turn this afternoon, with many top tokens moving from the red into

Shares of Canadian financial technology (fintech) company Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE: LSPD) were up on Thursday after the company reported full-year financial results for its fiscal 2022. As of 3

Shares of BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) were surging 6.7% higher as of 3:22 p.m. ET on Thursday. There wasn't a clear catalyst for the solid gain. However, two factors likely contributed to BioNTech's

Shares of the business intelligence company MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), which also buys and holds a lot of Bitcoin, were more than 10% higher as of 2:54 p.m. ET today after the company said it