-- エマージェント・バイオソリューションズ（EBS）は火曜日、マサチューセッツ州カントンにある同社の施設で日本脳炎ワクチンの原薬製造を支援するため、サブスティファーム・バイオロジクスと3,450万ドルの契約を締結したと発表した。 この契約の一環として、エマージェントは、米国食品医薬品局（FDA）の承認が得られ次第、米国政府へのワクチンの独占販売代理店となる。 また、エマージェントは、製造サービス包括契約に基づき、ワクチンの製造に関する運用および規制当局による査察準備活動を実施する。 エマージェントの株価は火曜日の取引で1.6%上昇した。
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(Updates prices.)Gold traded at a month low midafternoon Tuesday as rising oil prices threaten to boost inflation and raise interest rates, while the dollar and treasury yields moved higher.Gold for June delivery was last seen down US$82.80 to US$4,610.90 per ounce, the lowest since March 30.The drop comes as the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee begins its two-day meeting that ends with a decision on interest rates. While the committee is widely expected to leave rates unchanged, it comes as oil prices surge with the war on Iran choking off 20% of daily supply from Persian Gulf nations, boosting inflation while stalling global growth."The stagflationary impact of the energy crisis, combined with mounting fiscal debt concerns and an ongoing de-dollarisation trend, remains supportive over the longer term, with these drivers currently being overshadowed by the market's near-term focus on oil-driven inflation," Saxo Bank noted.The dollar roserly, with the ICE dollar index last seen up 0.12 points to 98.62. Treasury yields were also higher, bearish for gold since it pays no interest. The U.S. two-year note was last seen paying 3.85%, up 4.7 basis points, while the yield on the 10-year note was up 1.8 points to 4.363%.
Consumer stocks were mixed Tuesday afternoon, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) rising 0.9% and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) down 0.7%.Redbook US same-store sales rose by 7.7% from a year earlier in the week ended April 25 after a 6.7% year-over-year increase in the previous week, with sales benefitting from an extra selling day this year compared with last year due to the timing of Easter.In corporate news, Coca-Cola (KO) lifted its full-year earnings growth outlook on Tuesday as the beverages giant posted fiscal Q1 results above market expectations amid pricing and volume gains. Its shares jumped past 5%.General Motors (GM) raised its full-year earnings outlook and trimmed its tariff hit forecast on Tuesday, as the automaker reported an unexpected year-over-year increase in its Q1 bottom line. GM shares added 0.2%.Walt Disney's (DIS) broadcast licenses may be headed for review by the US Federal Communications Commission, Semafor reported Tuesday. Disney shares were down 0.6%.Copa's (CPA) Copa Airlines reached a $13.5 billion deal with Boeing (BA) to incorporate up to 60 of the airplane maker's 737 Max jets over the next eight years, Reuters reported. Copa shares shed 0.6%.
Sanmina (SANM) reported late Monday fiscal Q2 adjusted earnings and revenue above market expectations, with sales more than doubling.Shares climbed 13% as intraday trading volume jumped to over 2.20 million from a daily average of about 779,000.Kforce (KFRC) reported late Monday better-than-expected Q1 results, with its Q2 guidance for earnings and revenue also exceeding market expectations.Shares surged 45%, with intraday trading volume of over 945,000 against a daily average of roughly 282,000.Axogen (AXGN) shares jumped 7% after the company reported Tuesday a swing to Q1 adjusted EPS from a a loss a year earlier following a surge in revenue.More than 1.75 million shares traded intraday, compared with a daily average of about 1.03 million.Price: $212.30, Change: $+24.22, Percent Change: +12.88%