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All 10 of the S&P 500's key sectors lost ground in August, highlighted by the 8% drop in the SPDR Health Care ETF and the 7.1% slide in the SPDR Financial ETF . Those were the biggest monthly declines for the XLV since February 2009, and for the XFL since May 2012. The best performing sector on the month was telecom, with the iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF slipping 1.9% in August. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 shed 6.3% in August, the largest one-month percentage decline since May 2012... Читать дальше...

NovoCure Ltd. filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday to raise up to $300 million in an initial public offering. NovoCure is a commercial-stage oncology company developing a new treatment of solid tumor cancers known as Tumor Treating Fields. "TTFields is a low-toxicity anti-mitotic treatment that uses low-intensity, intermediate frequency, alternating electric fields to exert physical forces on key molecules inside cancer cells," said the company in the filing. It also... Читать дальше...

Analysts say Planet Fitness could be a sector leader due to its low-cost, high-quality offerings.

7,000 more pages of Hillary Clinton emails to be released Monday at 9 p.m.

GoPro Inc. released new quick-editing software on Monday as the company continues to upgrade its suite of production tools. The feature allows users to produce five-, 15- or 30-second clips from their footage, sliced out directly on the camera in playback mode, or on mobile devices through the GoPro app using a newly-added trim feature. Shares of GoPro edged up 0.1% in premarket trade. They closed down 3.3% to $46.59 in the regular session. Shares of the action-camera maker are down 16% over the last three months... Читать дальше...

The National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) stood at 102.7 for July, up .7% from June, the first gain in three months. The RPI is a monthly composite that examines the health of the U.S. restaurant industry based on two components: the current situation index and the expectations index. The industry is measured against a steady-state level of 100, such that anything above that indicates expansion. July was the 29th consecutive month in which the RPI was above 100.... Читать дальше...

Shares of Trevena Inc. jumped in the extended session Monday after the drug developer announced positive results for its post-surgery pain treatment. Trevena shares surged 33% to $8. The company said a mid-stage clinical trial for its drug candidate TRV130 showed the treatment was statistically more effective at treating moderate to severe pain in patients following abdominoplasty surgery, or what is more popularly known as a "tummy tuck."

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended August with the steepest monthly decline since 2010, after closing lower on Monday. The benchmark S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended August with the largest losses since 2012, after closing lower in a volatile session. Surging oil prices lifted energy stocks, but overall markets were weighed down by continued worries about China's slowing economy and the uncertainty over the timing of a rate increase by the Federal Reserve. Fed policy makers have left the option of a September rate hike wide open. Читать дальше...

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Dow loses more than 6% in August, biggest monthly decline since 2010

Sources say that Wells Fargo and private-equity firm TPG would provide the financng.

Disney will hold a live global merchandise “unboxing” event on the “Star Wars” YouTube channel for the products and toys that will accompany its movie “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. said Monday it has appointed retail industry veteran Christopher Baldwin as chief operating officer, effective Sept. 8. Baldwin was most recently chief executive of Hess Retail Corporation, an operator of more than 1,300 fuel and convenience stores on the East Coast before it was sold to Marathon Petroleum Corp. He has worked stints at Kraft Foods, the Hershey Co. and Procter & Gamble. BJ's is jointly owned by private-equity firms Leonard Green & Partners, CVC Capital Parnters and its management team. Читать дальше...

Winning the lottery is typically cause for jubilation. Not so for Danny Chasteen — who, instead of a big payoff, got an IOU from the state of Illinois.

Walt Disney Co.'s stock is on track to be the biggest monthly-decliner among Dow Jones Industrial Average , after shedding 15% so far in August. That would be the worst monthly performance for the entertainment and media company's shares since it lost about 16% in October 2008, at the height of the financial crisis. The stock had closed at an all-time high of $121.69 on Aug. 4, at which point it was up 29% year to date. It started selling off the next session, a long with other media stocks,... Читать дальше...

A marijuana-related app hopes to make it to the Nasdaq.

Oil futures rallied Monday after a bulletin from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries showed concern over the low prices of oil and a report the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed a decline in June oil production. October oil settled at $49.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up $3.98, or 8.8%, rebounding from lows under $44 a barrel. Prices were up about 4.4% from the July 31 settlement of $47.12 for the September contract.

Apple Inc.’s move to make it easier to block ads on iPhones and iPads is troubling publishers and heightening tensions with its Silicon Valley neighbors.

Apple Inc.’s move to make it easier to block ads on iPhones and iPads is troubling publishers and heightening tensions with its Silicon Valley neighbors.

Crude-oil futures end session with 8.8% gain on Nymex

Disney will hold a live global merchandise “unboxing” event on the “Star Wars” YouTube channel for the products and toys that will accompany its movie “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

Disney will hold a live global merchandise “unboxing” event on the “Star Wars” YouTube channel for the products and toys that will accompany its movie “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

GT Advanced Technologies Inc., which is trying to emerge from bankruptcy after losing its deal to supply scratch-resistant smartphone screens to Apple Inc., said Monday it was reducing its workforce by 40% in a bid to cut costs.

Gold dips Monday as it closes out best month since January