[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks dwindled around breakeven for most of the day, but finished strong led by Internet stocks and mixed M&A success. All the major indexes closed higher as the chart above shows. In M&A news, AstraZeneca (AZN) rejected yet another takeover bid from Pfizer (PFE). AstraZeneca rejected a revised £69 billion ($116 billion) …
Markets Mixed As Investors Await Jobs Report On Friday
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets The S&P 500 ended nearly flat on Thursday as investors anxiously await Friday’s jobs report, though some gains in Internet shares helped lift the Nasdaq to positive territory late in the day. The anticipated (April) jobs report, which is expected to show that U.S. employment rose at its fastest pace in five …