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The U.S. stock market fell sharply on Wednesday as volatility continues to pick up on Wall Street.Concerns over global growth have caused the recent market gyrations that have sent the CBOE Volatility Index soaring. A large decline in the euro and a surging U.S. dollar also helped to cap risk appetite on the day.The major averages also plunged on Monday, but made up a substantial portion of those losses on Tuesday prior to today's sell-off.Major AveragesThe Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 138 points, or 0.94 percent, to 14,617.The S&P 500 lost almost 23 points, or 1.43 percent, to 1,552.The Nasdaq Composite lost 60 points, or 1.84 percent, to 3,205.CommoditiesCrude oil futures traded lower on Monday amid risk aversion on Wall Street. Near the close of equities, NYMEX crude futures, the U.S. benchmark, had lost a little more than 2 percent and were trading at $86.82. Brent crude contracts were also down slightly more than 2 percent to $97.75. Natural gas added around 1 percent on Wedn...
Eli Lilly & Co.'s (LLY) first-quarter earnings fell 15% on higher costs associated with a drug partnership and employee layoffs, while the pharmaceutical company's r...
Eli Lilly & Co.'s (LLY) fourth-quarter earnings rose 28%, as higher sales of an antidepressant and a cancer drug helped lift overall revenue.The Indianapolis-based d...
Stock futures were holding on to earlier gains as earnings season continues with positive results from Boeing , which offsetting a miss by Morgan Stanley .Here are s...
Stock futures were pointing to a higher opening following strong earnings from tech companies Oracle ( NASDAQ :ORCL) and Research in Motion ( RIMM ).Here are some of...
During trading today, both the Health Care sector (XLV) and the S&P500 showed little movement.Although it went in the opposite direction of the market today, the ETF...
These stocks are up on high volume today:Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) was up on high volume today, after trading at a volume of 13.4 million, or 1.9 times its average da...
Today, these stocks are up on high volume:Today, Medco Health Solutions ( MHS ) is up on high volume, trading at a volume of 20 million, or 4.5 times its average dai...
U.S. stocks edged lower Monday as investors fixed their attention on the standoff between Greece and its private creditors and a surge in Portugal's borrowing costs....
Shares of Amylin Pharmaceuticals rallied 20% to $14.58 on Friday's news that U.S. regulators have approved its diabetes drug Bydureon. Amylin shares have been highly...
Shares of partners Alkermes PLC and Amylin Pharmaceuticals were halted in afternoon trading on Friday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide wh...
Pharmaceutical company Alkermes Inc. (NASDAQ:ALKS) on Friday completed its merger with Elan Drug Technologies, a drug formulation and manufacturing subsidiary of Ela...