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Tractor Supply Co.’s stock erased early losses to trade flat Thursday after the retailer, which is geared toward rural living, posted weaker-than-expected second-quarter sales and narrowed guidance to lower the top of its profit and sales ranges.

Gold dropped more than 2% on Thursday after a better-than-expected reading on U.S. gross domestic product fed the potential for higher-for-longer U.S. interest rates, which contributed to a drop in the price of the precious metal to the lowest level in more than two weeks.

“We do not expect investors to give Ford a pass” on the car maker’s higher-than-expected second-quarter warranty costs, says J.P. Morgan analyst Ryan Brinkman.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is averaging 6.78%, Freddie Mac said in its latest weekly survey on Thursday.

The spread between 10- and 2-year Treasury yields reached its least-negative level in two years on Wednesday, helped by traders’ expectations that the Federal Reserve needs to start cutting interest rates.

Viking Therapeutics Inc. shares jumped 38% on Thursday after the company signaled progress on an experimental obesity drug that could accelerate its development timeline.

Job hunting is never easy, and that’s especially true for older workers. But a new law that went into effect in Colorado on July 1 could give more experienced job seekers a leg up.

The move was enough to erase the stock’s year-to-date gains and mark the worst two-day stretch for the stock in more than two years.

Should investors use the recent weakness in semiconductor stocks as a buying opportunity? Not quite yet, according to one analyst.

A new poll finds Republican nominee Donald Trump still ahead in four swing states and tied with Harris in Wisconsin, putting Kamala Harris on par with where Joe Biden was about four months ago.

There has been a three-week trend toward value-oriented stocks and away from Big Tech, and if you believe this trend is going to last, you might want to take a look at value stocks screened for quality.

American Airlines’ stock sank Thursday toward the lowest prices seen in four years, after the air carrier warned of a big third-quarter profit miss, citing both company specific and industry challenges.