Videos - Sector Updates

  •      03:15 PM Technology Sector Update: March 23, 2011

    Technology shares are trending lower in mid-day trading while Intel (INTC) announced today that McAfee, its wholly-owned security technology subsidiary, intends to buy Sentrigo, a private provider of database security and compliance, assessment, monitoring and intrusion prevention solutions....

  • 03:15 PM Energy Sector Update: March 23, 2011

    Energy shares are mixed in mid-day trading as May crude prices top $105 a barrel. Light, sweet crude oil for May delivery traded up 0.65% to $105.65 a barrel. In other energy futures, heating oil is down 0.22% to $3.06 a gallon while natural gas is up 1.39% to $4.31 per million British thermal...

  • 03:07 PM Consumer Sector Update: March 23, 2011

    Consumer shares are higher in mid-day trading while Barnes & Noble (BKS) shares are down after the company appeared likely to end its months-long search for a buyer without a sale of the company, Bloomberg reported citing five people with knowledge of the bidding process. Meanwhile, Krispy...

  • 02:17 PM Consumer Sector Update: March 18, 2011

    Consumer shares are mixed while General Mills (GIS) is in exclusive talks with French private equity group PAI Partners and French dairy cooperative Sodiaal SA to buy a 50% stake in the entity which owns yogurt-maker Yoplait SAS and affiliated companies. Meanwhile, Nike (NKE) is down after it...

  • 02:10 PM Healthcare Sector Update: March 18, 2011

    Health care shares are higher in mid-day trading while Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) gets thumbs up from European regulators. The company says the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion for NOMAC-E2, an...

  • 01:54 PM Technology Sector Update: March 18, 2011

    Technology shares are higher in mid-day trading while Qualcomm (QCOM) is exploring broadband and wireless deals. The company is in talks with several firms, including Bharti Airtel Ltd., India's largest mobile-phone operator, as it seeks to advance a planned exit from the four ventures housing...

  • 03:54 PM Commodities End Higher; Crude Oil Futures Finish in Positive Territory

    Commodities ended trading mostly higher as crude oil and gold futures finished in positive territory on news that work to control the damaged nuclear power plant in Japan made progress.

    Light, sweet crude oil for April delivery finished up 3.5%, or $3.44 to $101.42 a barrel. In other...

  • 03:42 PM Financial Sector Update: March 17, 2011

    Financial shares are mixed as regulators eye several big sector names for possible manipulation of the LIBOR, which is used to set adjustable interest rates on a wide variety of loans. In mid-day news, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department are investigating Bank of...

  • 03:35 PM Technology Sector Update: March 17, 2011

    Technology shares are broadly higher in mid-day trading as the sector reverses some prior-session losses. In mid-day news, CoreLogic (CLGX) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a patent to the company for its ParcelPoint technology. The patent is the 13th patent...

  • 02:46 PM Energy Sector Update: March 17, 2011

    Energy shares are higher in mid-day trading as crude oil futures top $100 a barrel. Light, sweet crude oil for April delivery is trading up 2.8%, or $2.72 to $100.73 a barrel. In mid-day news, Wabash National (WNC) announced today that it has entered into an exclusive, five-year agreement to...