Новости за 17.09.2015

Texas Instruments Inc. said Thursday it would increase its quarterly dividend by 12% to 38 cents a share from 34 cents a share, payable Nov. 16 to stockholders of record on Oct. 30. The company's board of directors also authorized a $7.5 billion share buyback, which is in addition to about $1.8 billion of previously authorized repurchases that remained at the end of June. Shares of Texas Instruments rose 1.1% in late trading Thursday after ending the regular session down 1.1%.

AK Steel Holding Corp. shares jumped in the extended session Thursday after the steel producer issued a better-than-expected outlook for the third quarter. AK Steel shares rallied 8.2% to $3.04. The company said it expects a loss of 2 cents to 7 cents a share for the third quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had estimated a loss of 24 cents a share for the quarter.

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La Quinta Holdings Inc. said late Thursday its financial chief will serve as an interim chief executive, and that it expects weaker-than-expected profits this year. The hotel chain operator said CEO Wayne Goldberg agreed to step down, and that Chief Financial Officer Keith Cline will serve as president and CEO, effective immediately, until a more permanent replacement can be found. The company also cut its outlook for the year because of "weaker than anticipated hotel demand during August and... Читать дальше...

Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. climbed in Thursday's extended trade after the software company reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results. Adobe said its fiscal third-quarter earnings rose to $174.5 million, or 34 cents a share, from $44.7 million, or 9 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding items, the maker of Photoshop, Illustrator design software and PDF would have earned 54 cents a share, ahead of the 50 cents a share forecast by analysts in a FactSet survey. Revenue grew to 21% $1.22... Читать дальше...

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U.S. stocks whipsawed throughout the day but closed lower on Thursday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. The main indexes initially surged, but gradually gave up gains as the central bank's Chairwoman Janet Yellen explained the Fed's moves at the press conference. The S&P 500 fell 5.11 points, or 0.3%, to 1,990.20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped as high as 190 points, but closed 65.21 points, or 0.4%, lower at 16,674.74. The Nasdaq Composite ended the day slightly higher... Читать дальше...

Dow industrials end down 65 points after triple-digit swing

On the road to monetization, Snapchat issued an update where it will charge users to replay messages for a cost.

Several emerging-markets currencies, including the Mexican peso, Malaysian ringgit and Korean won, traded higher than the dollar after Federal Reserve policy makers left interest rates unchanged Thursday. Meanwhile, the currencies of risky emerging-markets, including the Turkish lira and Brazilian real , traded lower. The peso traded at 16.50, up 0.2% in recent trade from 16.54 late Wednesday in New York. The Malaysian ringgit traded at 4.2 to the dollar, up 0.2% on the day from 4.25 to the dollar late Wednesday. Читать дальше...

European auto makers join the race to beat Tesla in its electric-car turf, but Wall Street is unfazed.

Apple updates its mobile operating system and launches an app to woo Android users to iOS, and people are posting angry reactions

Dow, S&P 500 turn lower in volatile trade

U.S. demand of oil and refined products rose to their highest August level in five years, according to a monthly report from the American Petroleum Institute released Thursday. Total petroleum deliveries, which offer a measure of demand, rose 0.8% in August from the same time a year ago, to average almost 19.6 million barrels a day, the API said. Crude-oil production, meanwhile, averaged 9.3 million barrels a day in August, That's up 5.4% from August 2014. On the New York Mercantile Exchange,... Читать дальше...

The SPDR Utilities ETF surged 2.3% in active afternoon trade, with nine of the 10 of the most-heavily weighted components rising more 2%. The XLU, which has the highest dividend yield--3.6%--among the sector ETFs tracking the S&P 500's 10 sectors, was up 0.7% just before the Federal Reserve said it would stand pat on interest rates. Among the XLU's top holdings, shares of Duke Energy Corp. climbed 2.2%, PG&E Corp. rallied 3.3% and Exelon Corp. rose 2.4%. The only Top 10 holding not rising 2% was Dominion Resources Inc.'s stock ... Читать дальше...

Dow industrials up as much as 193 points as stocks surge in Fed decision's wake

Yellen: 'Yes, October remains a possibility'

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The regional bank sector took the news of no interest rate increase pretty hard. The SPDR S&P Regional Bank ETF flipped from a gain of about 0.5% to a loss of as much as 1.6% after Federal Reserve said it was standing pat, before bouncing slightly. The ETF was last down 1.1%. It's still up 1.4% so far this month, but has lost 5.8% over the last three months, while the S&P 500 has slipped 4.7%. Among the ETF's most heavily-weighted components, shares of National Penn Bancshares Inc. fell 1%... Читать дальше...

American Airlines says technical issues have been resolved

Treasury yields fell Thursday afternoon after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and lowered its interest-rate forecast for the longer run. The 10-year Treasury yield declined 7.7 basis points to 2.226%, while the 30-year yield fell 5.1 basis points to 3.038%. Bond yields fall when prices rise and vice versa. Among shorter maturities, the yield on the two-year Treasury note declined by 7.3 basis points to 0.738%, after a selloff over the past couple of days had driven the yield to its highest level in over four years. Читать дальше...

Gold futures climbed on Globex Thursday, while oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange pared some of its losses after the Federal Open Market Committee left its interest rates unchanged but said it forecasts a hike this year. December gold was at $1,123.70 an ounce in electronic trading after settling on Comex at $1,117, down $2, ahead of the announcement. October oil fell 35 cents, or 0.7%, to $46.80 on Nymex, ahead of its settlement.

The dollar sank against the euro, yen and its other rivals Thursday after Federal Reserve policy makers left interest rates unchanged. The euro rose to $1.1395, its highest level since Aug. 26, from $1.1340 immediately before the decision was released. The dollar fell to 120.39 yen from 120.90 yen beforehand. The dollar also weakened against a host of emerging-markets currencies including the Mexican peso, which rose to its highest level against the dollar since Aug. 19 after the decision. The... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks erased earlier gains and turned lower after the Federal Reserve left its key borrowing rate unchanged. The S&P 500 is down 5 points, or 0.3%, at 1,990. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 49 points, or 0.3%, to 16,693. The Nasdaq Composite lost 5 points, or 0.1% to 4,887.