TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday
Stocks began the day weak and that weakness only grew as the trading session developed and buying in financial shares proven insufficient to balance selling in areas such as technology and health care.
The Dow lost 79.89. The Nasdaq Composite fell 25.21. And the S&P 500 closed lower by 6.85.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday.
Merck
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Reporting quarterly earnings Tuesday morning before the market opens, Kroger
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Shares of Google
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Also scheduled to announce earnings before the bell Tuesday morning is Dick’s Sporting Goods
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Boston Beer Company
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President Obama’s decision to lift restrictions on public funding for stem cell research lifted the fortunes of biotechnology companies like StemCells Inc.
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