Aerospace & Defense

Gainers Globus Maritime Limited (NASDAQ: GLBS) shares rose 41.3 percent to close at $6.50. Krystal Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRYS) shares surged 27.55 percent to close at $20.00 after the company's Phase 1/2 trial of KB103 for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa met all primary efficacy and safety...

Toward the end of trading Monday, the Dow traded up 0.47 percent to 25,459.04 while the NASDAQ gained 0.02 percent to 7,498.32. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.24 percent to 2,773.64. Leading and Lagging Sectors Monday afternoon, the real estate shares climbed 1.45 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers...

Gainers XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: XTLB) climbed 24.6 percent to $2.99. Krystal Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRYS) shares climbed 19.7 percent to $18.77 after the company's Phase 1/2 trial of KB103 for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa met all primary efficacy and safety endpoints. Cambium...

Jefferies boosted the price target for UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) from $270 to $292. UnitedHealth shares closed at $270.63 on Tuesday. Buckingham lowered Autoliv Inc. (NYSE: ALV) price target from $130 to $80. Autoliv shares closed at $86.23 on Tuesday. Bank of America raised Worldpay...

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) recently won a $49.6 million contract for the procurement of Joint Air-to-Ground missiles (JAGMs). The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Work related to the deal will be carried out in Orlando, FL, and is...

If you got a bigger paycheck in August, you’re not alone. Jobs growth jumped last month and so did wages, the government said Friday. The economy created 201,000 new jobs and average hourly pay rose 2.9 percent year-over-year and 0.4 percent month-over-month. The higher than expected wage...

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT)'s Aeronautics business division recently won a $250.4-million modification contract involving pricing for special tooling and special test equipment to support low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the 11th lot of F-35 Lightning II jets. Work related...

At the beginning of this week, the U.S. defense policy bill received a green signal from the nation's commander-in-chief, which provided a boost to  defense stocks. Notably, on Aug 13, President Trump signed the colossal fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), sanctioning...

Top Upgrades Argus upgraded Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) from Hold to Buy. Lululemon shares rose 1.02 percent to $127.74 in pre-market trading. Morgan Stanley upgraded Embraer SA (ADR) (NYSE: ERJ) from Equal-Weight to Overweight. Embraer shares fell 2.51 percent to close at $18.65 on...

Wells Fargo lowered the price target for Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DY) from $110 to $85. Dycom shares closed at $68.09 on Monday. Deutsche Bank cut the price target on Chubb Ltd (NYSE: CB) from $135 to $126. Chubb shares closed at $134.98 on Monday. Argus raised the price target on Zoetis...

Top Upgrades Argus upgraded Noble Corporation PLC (NYSE: NE) from Sell to Hold. Noble shares rose 1.79 percent to $5.70 in pre-market trading. Goldman Sachs upgraded Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) from Sell to Neutral. Commercial Metals shares rose 0.46 percent to $21.90 in pre-market...

Stifel Nicolaus cut the price target on Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) from $400 to $370. Lockheed Martin shares closed at $322.57 on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley boosted Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) price target from $366 to $392. Biogen shares closed at $372.84 on Tuesday. KeyBanc lowered...