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BP’s profits were hit by lower oil prices and a slump in its refining margins, caused by a slowdown in demand for products including jet fuel, diesel and gasoline

Shares of VF Corp. rocketed higher after hours on Monday after the parent company of Vans and the North Face reported second-quarter results that beat expectations, as it looks to tighten up operations and get out from under billions in debt following losses and weaker sneaker demand.

With Monday’s rollout of Apple Intelligence on Apple Inc.’s newest iPhones, investors need to remember that the addition of generative artificial intelligence is unlikely to immediately lead to a big jolt in new iPhone sales.

Both candidates have promised to protect and expand at-home services to older Americans.

Western-themed retail chain Boot Barn Holdings Inc. on Monday said its chief executive would be leaving next month, while forecasting better sales and profits for the full year.

Options that expire soon after the Nov. 5 point to election jitters roiling bonds

Musk is talking big cuts. Something’s got to give.

The upcoming U.S. election has helped inspire a sense of foreboding on Wall Street, judging by the still-elevated level of the Cboe Volatility Index, otherwise known as the VIX or the stock market’s “fear gauge.”

Ford Motor Co. reported earnings late Monday, but investors looked past a beat.

The intensity of oil’s drop Monday showed that many traders were not prepared for what has been described as a “limited” retaliatory attack by Israel against Iran that came nearly four weeks after Iran’s missile strike on Israel. But some analysts warned it may be too early for oil traders to breathe a sigh of relief.

Since May, the Treasury Department has guided market participants toward the idea that it won’t need to increase the size of its coupon issuances or auctions “for at least the next several quarters.” But rising concerns about the U.S.’s $1.83 trillion deficit during the run-up to the Nov. 5 election are putting that guidance increasingly at risk.

The Treasury Department said Monday that it expects to borrow $546 billion in the fourth quarter, which is $19 billion lower than previously estimated.