In the middle of Tuesday’s session, the Dow Jones was trading 0. 76% at 35,098. 84 while the NASDAQ was up 0. 09% at 15,376. 87.
The United States has the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 40,019,200 cases with an estimated 649,110 deaths. India has shown a total of at least 33,058,840 cases and 441,040 deaths, while Brazil has reported more than 20,899,930 cases of COVID-19 with 583,810 deaths In total, there have been at least 221,163,250 instances of international COVID-19 with more than 4,576,410 deaths, according to knowledge compiled through Johns Hopkins University.
Avantor Inc (NYSE: AVTR) announced plans to acquire Masterflex from privately held Antylia Scientific in a $2. 9 billion monetary transaction.
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Shares of Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAGX) fell 19% to $0. 9407. Jaguar Health reported a percentage consolidation of 1:3.
Forward Pharma A/S (NASDAQ: FWP) was down, falling 17% to $6. 56 as investors responded negatively to the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Technical Appeals Board (TBA), rejecting Forward’s call to revoke patent EP2801355 (355 patents) after the hearing. The TBA had taken its decision after contemplating Forward’s appeal opposing the opposition division’s ruling and the conclusions of several opponents.
European equities were weaker today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0. 5%, Spain’s Ibex index fell 0. 05% and Germany’s DAX 30 fell 0. 6%, while London’s FTSE 100 fell 0. 4%, France’s CAC 40 fell 0. 26% and Italy’s FTSE MIB fell 0. 77%.
The quarterly economic expansion in the euro domain accelerated to 2. 2% at the time of the quarter, while the ZEW indicator of economic sentiment for the euro’s dominance fell through 11. 6 issues to 31. 1 in September. -one quarter at the time of the quarter.
The UK’s Halifax housing price index rose 7. 1% year-on-year to £262,954 in August, while commercial output in Germany rose 1% in July.
Today no primary economic knowledge is expected.