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The stock market traded on both sides of the ledger on Wednesday before closing mostly higher with Tech lagging. A weaker-than-expected jobs number caused opening weakness before strength returned. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer indicated progress on the bipartisan coronavirus relief negotiations.The Dow traded to a late day high....

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The stock market rebounded on Tuesday with the gains pushing the Nasdaq to its fourth-straight record high and the S&P 500 to a new all-time peak. Renewed talks of a stimulus package and mostly positive economic news helped sentiment as lawmakers offered a new $908 billion stimulus plan.The Nasdaq tested an afternoon and lifetime....

Keep an eye on Altimmune Inc. (ALT). The stock is pushing higher thanks to more positive data on its COVID candidate. The company just published positive pre-clinical data for its new single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate AdCOVID, adding the candidate “stimulates three key immune components: serum neutralizing antibody, T cell responses, and mucosal immunity....

Wall Street closed higher on Friday to close out a strong week, overall, with the S&P 500 closing at a record high while the Russell 2000 also tagging a fresh all-rime peak. Better-than-expected earnings from Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) and Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) helped the blue-chips after both companies reported better-than-expected....

Spending online on Black Friday this year surged nearly 22% to hit a new record, according to data from Adobe Analytics, as the Covid pandemic pushed more people to shop from the sofa and avoid crowded stores and malls. Consumers spent $9 billion on the web the day after Thanksgiving, up 21.6% year over....

Wall Street closed higher on Friday to close out a strong week, overall, with the S&P 500 closing at a record high while the Russell 2000 also tagging a fresh all-rime peak. Better-than-expected earnings from Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) and Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) helped the blue-chips after both companies reported better-than-expected....

Keep an eye on Altimmune Inc. (ALT). The stock is pushing higher thanks to more positive data on its COVID candidate. The company just published positive pre-clinical data for its new single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate AdCOVID, adding the candidate “stimulates three key immune components: serum neutralizing antibody, T cell responses, and mucosal immunity....

The market closed mostly lower on Wednesday following a ton of economic news that was highlighted by initial jobless claims rising 30,000 to 778,000, missing forecasts. Third quarter GDP growth was left unrevised at 33.1% from the advance report but had little impact along with another strong housing report.The Nasdaq, however, held positive territory....