Happy Friday, traders. It's December 20th, and the market fell at the opening bell, but prices recovered after snow began falling on Wall Street. Since the FOMC Wednesday meeting, markets have trended lower. PCE inflation numbers came in lower than expected- growing at 2.4% and core prices at 2.8%.
$Novo-Nordisk A/S (NVO.US)$ Shares dropped 20% after a trial of the CagriSema obesity drug, which showed that patients lost 22.7% o...

Trump's first presidency spanned from January 20, 2017, to January 20, 2021. Between Election Day on November 8, 2016, and his inauguration on January 20, 2017, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ rose by 6.56%. Six months after his inauguration, the S&P 500 had gained 9.27%; one year in, it had increased by 24.15%. By the end of his term, the S&P 500 had accumulated a growth of 67.82% over the four years. Judging by the S&P 500's performanc...

Morning Movers
Gapping up
$FedEx (FDX.US)$ stock soared 8.6% after the delivery giant reported better-than-expected earnings in the fiscal second quarter, while also announcing that it’s planning on spinning off its freight business.
$Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.US)$ stock rose 5.5%, with the drugmaker’s gains reflecting growing confidence in its competing obesity treatments.
Gapping down
$Nike (NKE.US)$ stock slumped 7.4% after the sports...

The Dow reversed its gains for the day after the FOMC released a decision to cut target rates by 25 basis points. The rate cut was expected, but the Fed's dot plot and economic projection were worse than last time: the committee only expects two cuts next year and a PCE inflation rate to fall to 2.5% by the end of 2025, instead of the previously hoped for 2.1%.
Overall, the market generally tanked on Wednesday. After 4 pm ...