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| Value | Change | % Change | |
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| 19.18 | -4.40 | -18.66% | |
| 5.23 | -0.88 | -14.40% | |
| 15.90 | -1.91 | -10.72% | |
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| 8.80 | -0.86 | -8.90% |
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| 33.84 | +13.43 | +65.80% | |
| 17.03 | +5.84 | +52.19% | |
| 2.86 | +0.65 | +29.41% | |
| 17.98 | +4.08 | +29.41% | |
| 5.68 | +1.25 | +28.22% |
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Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE: LEVI) released its quarterly financial results on Tuesday that highlighted a massive 62% decline in its sales in the fiscal second quarter. The company attributed the decline to the Coronavirus pandemic that temporarily closed its countrywide stores in recent month. Levi’s settled its dispute with garment workers last week. Shares of the company tanked 5% in extended trading on Tuesday. The £4.38 billion company that…
Deutsche Post AG (ETR: DPW) released its preliminary quarterly financial results on Wednesday that highlighted a 16% year over year increase in operating profit. The company also expressed plans of offering a bonus to its employees for their efforts in sustaining operations amidst COVID-19. In June, Deutsche said that its dependence on Amazon was falling during the health crisis. Shares of the company opened about 1% up on Wednesday and jumped an…
FirstGroup plc (LON: FGP) said on Wednesday that it swung to an annual operating loss in the financial year that ended on 31st March. The group attributed its dovish performance to the Coronavirus pandemic that weighed heavily on passenger volumes in 2020. FirstGroup said: “The impact of Coronavirus in March, traditionally a significant trading period, resulted in average passenger volumes declining by 90% by month end, with international lockdow…
Paychex Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) released its quarterly financial results on Tuesday that topped analysts’ estimates for earnings and revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter. Shares of the company remained almost flat in premarket trading on Tuesday but jumped more than 5% on market open. Paychex introduced Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness estimator and reporting in June. At £59.67 per share, Paychex is currently about 13% down year to…
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The USD/CHF pair is little changed today even after the Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) released upbeat employment numbers. The pair is trading at 0.9428, which is slightly higher than this week’s low of 0.9385. Switzerland unemployment rate falls The Switzerland unemployment rate declined in June as the country continued to reopen its economy. According to SECO, 150,289 people registered at the regional employment centres. That was 5,709…
The EUR/USD was little changed in the Asian session as traders reflected on the rising number of coronavirus cases, upbeat US JOLTs data, and the dire warning from the European Commission. The pair is trading at 1.1275, which is between the June high and low of 1.1421 and 1.1170. Eurozone recession to be deeper this year Recent data from Europe have painted a picture of an economy that is firing on all cylinders. The unemployment rate has remaine…
The US dollar index (DXY) erased earlier gains as investors remained optimistic about the recovery of the global economy. The index is trading at $96.82, which is a few points below the intraday high of $97.17. US jobs openings rose in May The US dollar index rose earlier in the day as traders continued to worry about the rising number of coronavirus cases in the Unitec States, Hong Kong, and Australia. The biggest concern was Australia, which re…
The AUD/USD pair was little changed as traders reflected on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate decision. The pair is trading at 0.6970, which is slightly below the day’s high of 0.7000. RBA interest rate decision The Australian central bank left interest rate unchanged at 0.25%, which was in line with what most analysts were expecting. It also left its yield control intact, meaning that the three-year bonds are yielding at 0.25%. I…
Latest cryptocurrency news
VeChain (VET) price has just done something that Bitcoin itself has failed to do for over two years — it reached its old all-time high (ATH). VET skyrocketed by 30% in the last 24 hours, allowing the coin to breach numerous resistances and approach the largest one at $0.020 VET is back to its highest level As some may know, VET is a relatively young cryptocurrency. It was launched less than two years ago, in August 2018. Soon after the launch, th…
Cardano (ADA) saw a major surge following yesterday’s launch of its newest upgrade, Shelley. The project, which was already seeing a considerable price increase due to anticipation, skyrocketed by 25% in the last 24 hours. In fact, ADA price surged from $0.0803 to its current $0.13279 in the last 10 days alone. Not only that, but the project’s price is currently the highest it has been in the last 2 years, since mid-2018. However, bac…
China’s national cryptocurrency, the so-called digital yuan, made quite a stir in the entire world back when it was first announced. Since then, the project caused many other countries’ central banks to start investigating crypto. In some cases, banks even started developing their own Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). In months that followed, China continued the development of its project, and it even started conducting live te…
Bitcoin’s halving took place almost two months ago, but the event is still often discussed in crypto circles. The reason for this is that Bitcoin’s halvings are typically followed by massive price surges, that allow the coin to hit a new all-time high (ATH). While this had only happened twice in the past, and is by no means a written rule, the crypto industry seems to believe in it. As a result, Bitcoin price forecasts are in high dem…
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Manipulation is nothing new in the crypto industry, and it comes in many different forms. Whether it is price manipulation by crypto whales and/or exchanges, or some type of scams, the crypto industry is filled with all kinds of dangerous pitfalls. There are plenty of crypto projects that have posted warnings of such dangers over the years, and the most recent one came from a popular meme token, Dogecoin (DOGE). DOGE warns against FOMO and manipu…
The SEC has approved Arca, an institutional asset manager to launch its blockchain transferred fund. A press release unveiled this news on July 6, noting that the fund is dubbed Arca U.S. Treasury Fund. Per the publication, the fund will allegedly invest 80% of its portfolio assets in interest-bearing short-duration, U.S. Treasury securities. The press release further noted that the fund is SEC-registered, closed-end in nature, and is already ope…
Novavax Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX) said on Tuesday that it inked an agreement with the U.S. government that makes it liable to deliver 100 million doses of its candidate vaccine for COVID-19 in the U.S. by January 2021. In exchange, Novavax will receive £1.27 billion in funding from the government to test, manufacture, and commercialise its potential vaccine. Shares of the company were reported about 35% up in premarket trading on Tuesday. The £4.61 bil…
Reach plc (LON: RCH) expressed plans of slashing its workforce by 12% or 550 jobs on Tuesday. The company attributed its decision to COVID-19 that weighed on its regional and national newspapers and curbed circulation and advertising. Reach’s competitor, News Corp UK, also expressed plans of slashing its workforce in June. CEO Rebekah Brooks of the Times publisher said that it was time to make difficult decisions to secure the future of the compa…
Cosmos (ATOM), one of Ethereum’s largest rivals, released an announcement regarding its next major network upgrade, Stargate. The announcement was published around two weeks ago, on June 23rd, and since then, it had a strong impact on the ATOM token’s price. Cosmos’ Stargate announcement The announcement said that the upgrade will introduce new features revolving around interoperability, as well as several performance improvements tha…
Stellar has managed to reach its YTD high twice this year, and both times, its price was rejected by a resistance at pretty much the same spot. Now, it might be preparing to do it yet again. However, before it can do so, there is another strong resistance that needs to break first. Stellar before the March crash Stellar did not waste any time, and as soon as 2020 had started, the XLM began its surge. It was not the only one, of course, but it did…
DigiByte (DGB) price performance does not resemble that of the rest of the crypto market on a YTD chart. While most projects are still struggling to reach the heights they held before the mid-March price crash, DGB reached the top of its game much later. The coin still suffered some losses alongside the rest of the crypto market, although it also seems to be trying to make up for what was lost. DigiByte in 2020 Digibyte started the year with a ra…