The S&P 500 was largely unchanged on Tuesday, after a strong rally in the prior session, as investors sifted through a mixed batch of results from major retailers including Walmart and Home Depot.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co shareholders voted to reelect all of the bank’s board members on Tuesday, including a former Exxon Mobil Corp CEO who drew criticism from environmental groups and New York City’s comptroller and pension system leader.
General Motors Co is “almost there” on developing an electric vehicle battery that will last one million miles, a top executive said on Tuesday.
French carmaker Renault has sealed a deal with banks on a 5 billion-euro ($5.47 billion) state-guaranteed loan to help the company to cope with the coronavirus outbreak, two sources close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
Top U.S. airlines and Air Canada on Tuesday reported slower ticket cancellations and signs of improving demand, with Delta Air Lines Inc saying its cash flow was on track to reach break-even by the end of the year.
The euro and European government debt rallied on Tuesday, lifted by a Franco-German proposal to fund grants for regions hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, while oil rose on growing demand as countries eased business lockdowns.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin found themselves in the hot seat on Tuesday as U.S. lawmakers grilled them about the uneven nature of the fiscal response to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. homebuilding dropped by the most on record in April and permits for future construction tumbled, underlining fears that the coronavirus crisis would lead to the deepest economic contraction in the second quarter since the Great Depression.
Talks between Walmart and possible buyers of a majority stake in its British supermarket Asda will likely resume when the industry settles into a “new norm” with the worst of the coronavirus crisis behind it, the boss of Asda said on Tuesday.
The S&P 500 was trading flat on Tuesday, handing back some gains from a strong rally in the previous session, as investors digested a mixed set of quarterly results from retailers including Home Depot and Walmart.
JPMorgan Chase & Co shareholders voted to reelect each of the bank’s board members, with each director receiving at least 84% of the shares voted, according to initial tallies.
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