The Stock Market in 2021: Best and Worst Performing Sectors It was another eventful year—and while it may not quite compare to the pandemonium experienced in 2020, it was still jam-packed with market moving events, such as: The highly-anticipated rollout of COVID-19 vaccines Supply chain di...
Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics sheds light on the country’s most in-demand sectors. Notably, most of the recent hires were in professional and business services (64,000); professional, scientific and technical services (43,000); government (56,000) and health care (52,000...
All 11 sectors in the S&P 500 were in the red on Monday. Consumer discretionary, communication services and information technology were the biggest losers, as investors dumped shares of cyclical and growth stocks. The sectors were last down 2.8%, 2.7% and 2.6%, respectively. Energy was the be...
Stock markets around the world dropped sharply on Monday amid fears the US economy may be heading for a recession. The UK's FTSE 100 closed down more than 2%, the worst day since July 2023. The FTSE 250 also dropped on the open and had fallen 2.83% by the end of the trading day. ...
52-week lows were a feature as the interest-sensitive sectors fell. Making 52-week lows were Income Trusts (TCM) -1.5%, Information Technology (TKK) -2.4%, and Telecommunications (TTS) -0.6%. On the year, the biggest loser is Health Care (THC), down 53.8%. Are there any winners? Ye...
It’s a reminder that in environmentally sensitive sectors like aviation, you need to be extra careful as brands are all too eager to promote their green credentials to win more customers. Often the claims made just aren’t true. 8. Luton Airport ...
Communication services and information technology stocks were the two biggest laggards in the S&P 500, with the sectors down 4.1% and 4%, respectively, during afternoon trading. Meanwhile, energy was the best-performing sector in the broader market index. However, it, too, was down 1.2%. ...
Gross domestic product fell 0.3% in the final three months of 2023, following a 0.1% contraction in the July-to-September period, the Office for National Statistics said. A recession is commonly defined as two consecutive quarters of contraction. “All the main sectors fell on the quart...
Communication services was the worst performing sector in the S&P 500 this year, falling more than 40%, followed by consumer discretionary. Energy was the only sector to rise, climbing 59%. — Gabriel Cortes contributed reporting Lea la cobertura del mercado de hoy en español aquí. ...