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BUZZ-Hospital operators set to end year higher
** Shares of hospital operators are set to end the year on a high as they have benefited from a higher demand for healthcare services ** HCA Healthcare HCA.N stock rose 11.6% higher, while Tenet Healthcare THC.N stock gained 68.7% - second straight year in green** Universal Health Services UHS.N ros...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-GM shines in rough year for US automakers
** General Motors GM.N is set to outperform its Detroit peers Ford Motor F.N and Chrysler-parent Stellantis STLAM.MI in 2024** Ford down 17.77%, U.S.-listed shares of Stellantis down ~44%, while General Motors GM.N up ~49% YTD** Ford has struggled with quality concerns, while Stellantis witnessed lo...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-Hims & Hers shines bright in a testing year for telehealth stocks
** Shares of Hims & Hers Health HIMS.N more than double, while other telehealth firms are set to end the year in declines ** HIMS' shares set for their second straight year of gains helped by co's offering of compounded versions of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk's NOVOb.CO Wegovy ** HI...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-US insurers catch up with market benchmark after lagging in 2023
** Indexes tracking the U.S. insurance industry are set to outperform the S&P 500 .SPX index this year after trailing it in 2023** The S&P 500 Insurance index .SPXIN has risen 24.6% YTD as of last close, compared with the benchmark index's 23.8% gain** Property and casualty insurers fared better, wi...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
CANADA STOCKS-Commodities boost TSX on final trading day of 2024
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose in light trading on Tuesday, the final trading session of 2024, boosted by rising commodity prices.At 9:30 a.m. ET (1430 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE gained 0.2% to 24,664.33 points. (Reporting by Sruthi Shankar ...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens higher as AI boom, rate cuts power bull run in 2024
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher in the final trading session of 2024, extending its bull rally from more than two years ago on signs of a post-pandemic economic resilience, hopes of lower borrowing costs and AI boost.The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 63.0 points,...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-Big Tech investors cautious as smaller rivals vie for market share in 2024
** Shares of Meta Platforms META.O are seen ending the year with gains of about 67%, helped by its product monetizing efforts, while Microsoft is up ~13%, underperforming the Big Tech stocks on concerns about growth in its cloud business Azure ** Analysts have said the potential ban on ByteDance-own...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
Missed Out on SoundHound AI's Run-Up? My Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Buy and Hold
SoundHound AI has been one of the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks on the market in 2024, clocking stunning gains of 936% as of this writing on the back of several favorable developments such as its outstanding growth, an investment from AI pioneer Nvidia, and positive coverage on Wall St...The Motley Fool
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-Trump-ally Musk's Tesla only gainer in bruising 2024 for EVs
** Shares of Tesla TSLA.O have risen ~68% this year, as of market closing on Dec. 30** On track to be the only electric-vehicle company's stock with gains in 2024** Tesla underperformed the S&P 500 index .SPX until early November, when Donald Trump's presidential election victory propelled the stock...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-Nvidia extends gain, Intel tumbles in 2024
** Shares of AI chip giant Nvidia NVDA.O have surged ~178% so far this year, after more than tripling in 2023** Nvidia briefly became the world's most valuable company earlier this year and is set to add $2.15 trillion to its market valuation in 2024, putting it on track to end the year with a marke...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-Streaming giant Netflix towers over media stocks in 2024, Paramount lags
** For streaming pioneer Netflix NFLX.O, 2024 was another year atop the media industry with share price gains of around 85% - the biggest among major sector companies** The gains were fueled by subscriber growth after Netflix cracked down on password sharing, as well as its live events expansion and...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-Comm services, tech top S&P 500 sector performers in 2024, materials lag
** Communication services and information technology set to post biggest annual gains among the eleven major S&P 500 sectors in 2024 ** Streaming giant Netflix NFLX.O, with its near 85% gain this year, is the best performer among communications services stocks .SPLRCL that hit a record high in Decem...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Boeing, US banks, Flagstar Financial
Eikon search string for individual stock moves: STXBZThe Day Ahead newsletter: https://refini.tv/3LI4BU7The Morning News Call newsletter: https://refini.tv/3dKUyB8Wall Street's main indexes were set to start the last trading session of 2024 slightly higher, continuing their bull run from more than t...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
Where Will Apple Stock Be in 2025?
Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have delivered returns of 33% in 2024 as of this Dec. 30. They have gained momentum since the company released results for its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter (which ended Sept. 28) on Oct. 31.Many investors have turned bullish about Apple's prospects after seeing those res...The Motley Fool
Tue, Dec 31
NextEra Energy's Planned 2025 Dividend Hike? 10%. And Planned for 2026? That's 10%, Too.
NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) is offering investors a dividend yield of roughly 2.8%. The average utility stock, using the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, is yielding a touch under 2.7%. From this perspective, you might think that NextEra Energy is a run of the mill utility stock. Nothing could be fu...The Motley Fool
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-UPS faces third straight year of decline
** Shares of parcel delivery firm UPS UPS.N on track to drop more than 20% for 2024, marking their third straight year of decline** Customers' ongoing switch to slower, cheaper deliveries has continued to trouble UPS, forcing it to look at cost-cutting measures to counter fall in demand ** Co announ...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
LIVE MARKETS-S&P 500 index: Year-end stumble stains otherwise strong year
U.S. equity index futures modestly green: S&P 500 up ~0.2%Euro STOXX 600 index up ~0.4%Dollar, gold gain; bitcoin rallies >4%; crude ~flatU.S. 10-Year Treasury yield edges down to ~4.54%Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thou...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
BUZZ-Flagstar's rocky 2024 leads to $3.6 bln loss in market capitalization
** Shares of Flagstar Financial FLG.N, formerly known as New York Community Bancorp, fell over 70% YTD ** Bank poised to end one of the most tumultuous periods in its 165-year history, having lost nearly $3.6 bln in market value** The frenzied sell-off began with FLG reporting a surprise quarterly l...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
US STOCKS-Wall St set to open higher as AI boom, rate cuts power bull run in 2024
For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.Crypto stocks trade higher tracking bitcoin pricesVeriSign up after Berkshire Hathaway ups stakeFutures up: Dow 0.17%, S&P 500 0.23%, Nasdaq 0.23%Updates before markets openBy Johann M Cherian ...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
UPDATE 2-European stocks clock worst quarterly showing since 2022
There will be no European equities report on Jan. 1 on account of the New Year's Day holiday; Reuters will resume coverage from Jan. 2.STOXX 600 records 5.9% annual riseDAX leads in 2024, CAC 40 lagsEyes on rates, Trump in 2025Updates after markets closeBy Sruthi Shankar and Shashwat ChauhanDec 31 (...Reuters
Tue, Dec 31
