The Cigna Group Stock Forum

Morning Movers
Gapping up
$Caterpillar (CAT.US)$ reported a double-digit increase in operating profit on Monday, beating Wall Street estimates as mining equipment sales remained robust as did demand for large construction equipment amid a rebound in the U.S. residential real estate market.
Shares for the Texas-based company were up 4.4% before the bell.
Expenditure on heavy machinery held steady among commercial clients. Dealer inv...

Morning Movers
Gapping up
$Meta Platforms (META.US)$stock soared 17% after the Facebook owner posted a tripling of profit from a year earlier, resulting in the tech giant paying a dividend for the first time as well as an additional $50 billion in share buybacks.
$Amazon (AMZN.US)$ stock rose 7% after the online retailing giant swung back to a full-year profit of more than $30 billion, announcing $170 billion in quarterly sales....

Morning Movers
Gapping up
$Starbucks (SBUX.US)$ stock rose 3.7% after the coffee chain cut its annual sales forecast, warning of softer demand in January and a slow recovery in China. However, even more weakness had been expected following disappointing store traffic in November and December.
$Novo-Nordisk A/S (NVO.US)$ stock rose 0.5% after the Danish drugmaker forecast another year of double-digit growth due to the populari...

RECAP
Investors Weigh Risks
US stocks once again closed little changed Friday as investors weighed positive inflation signs from the latest producer price index against the warnings gleaned from banks and other companies which were among the first to report fourth-quarter earnings.
The $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ closed less than 0.1% higher, while the $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ ended almost flat for the ...

$UnitedHealth (UNH.US)$ reported a higher-than-expected spending on patients' healthcare services in the fourth quarter, sending its stock and that of its peers lower.
UnitedHealth said the company's medical care ratio, which measures medical expenses paid as a percentage of insurance premiums, reached 85% in the fourth quarter. That's higher than the 84.1% expected by analysts surveyed by FactSet, according to a Dow Jon...