Amgen topped the Dow Jones Industrial Average with a 0.9% increase, continuing its strong year-to-date performance at 6.1%. The surge follows reports of a potential drug-pricing agreement between the Trump administration and the pharmaceutical industry, leading to a bullish atmosphere in healthcare stocks which contributed to gains in major U.S. equity indexes. Meanwhile, Amgen announced a $650 million expansion of its manufacturing network, expected to create around 750 jobs.
“Amgen · topped · list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components · trading up 0.9%”
“Amgen · registers · year to date gain · 6.1%”
“Amazon.com · is showing · year to date performance · 0.2% gain”
“Salesforce · is trading · today · down 0.9%”
“International Business Machines · is trading · today · up 0.8%”
“US equity indexes · rose · at the close on Tuesday · true”
“gains in healthcare stocks · helped offset · declines · true”
“the president · announced · a federal government website · that allows Pfizer to sell medicines at low prices to cash-paying consumers”
“S&P 500 Index · closed up · percentage · +0.41%”
“Dow Jones Industrials Index · closed up · percentage · +0.18%”
“Nasdaq 100 Index · closed up · percentage · +0.28%”
“December E-mini S&P futures · rose · percentage · +0.39%”
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