The Wall Street Bull (The Charging Bull) is seen during Covid-19 pandemic in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States on May 26, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Stocks skyrocketed and bond yields surged as investors bet Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine will help the broader economy recover and revive

Check out the companies making headlines midday on Monday: Pfizer, BioNTech — Pfizer and BioNTech jumped 8% and 9.7%, respectively, after the two companies released trial data that showed their coronavirus vaccine candidate had an efficacy rate of more than 90%. Dr. Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, hailed the

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Pfizer, BioNTech – In an interim analysis of a phase 3 study, the drug makers said their Covid-19 vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in participants who were not previously infected. Stock futures surged following the announcement, and

Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images After an initially exuberant election reaction, stocks may trade more cautiously in the week ahead, as investors watch election developments unfold and track the course of the coronavirus.  The S&P 500 was up more than 7% in the past week, and the Nasdaq

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Roku — Streaming platform Roku jumped 11% after the company reported a surprise adjusted profit for its third quarter. The company posted 9 cents in earnings per share on $452 million in revenue. Analysts had projected a loss of 40 cents per

The labor market was stronger than expected in October, showing good momentum ahead of the latest wave of coronavirus cases. The economy added 638,000 nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate fell by a full percentage point to 6.9%. The government compiled the data for the report in the middle of October. Stock

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: CVS Health (CVS) – CVS named Executive Vice President Karen Lynch as its next CEO, effective Feb. 1, replacing the retiring Larry Merlo. Separately, CVS reported better-than-expected sales and profit for its latest quarter, as prescription drug volumes rebounded.

Economists mostly expect job growth slowed in October, as the pace of rehirings dropped off and layoffs increased. Job growth was expected to total 530,000 in October, and the unemployment rate is expected to fall to 7.7%, according to Dow Jones. That number includes about a 150,000 decline in public sector

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: General Motors (GM) – The automaker reported quarterly earnings of $2.83 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.38 a share, helped by strong demand for trucks and SUVs. Revenue was essentially in line with Street forecasts. The shares

Attendees walk by the Qualcomm booth during CES 2019 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 9, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Wednesday: Qualcomm — Qualcomm shares rallied more than 13% in after-hours trading on the back