Francesca Fontana
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2,691 appearances
52 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2017
last heard Feb 2025
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The stock continued moving lower on Friday and ended the week with a 4.2% loss overall.
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And last but not least, the Gap's new style is paying off.
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The apparel company raised its sales outlook for the year and posted a rise in profit and sales in the fiscal third quarter, and noted that the current quarter is off to a strong start.
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It's a good sign because Gap, whose brands also include Old Navy and Banana Republic, has been working to turn itself around after years of sluggish sales.
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At the center of these efforts is CEO Richard Dixon, who took charge last year and who's best known for reviving Barbie during his long tenure at Mattel.
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Investors seem pretty pleased with Gap's results, and on Friday, Gap's shares jumped 13%.
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And now you know what's news in markets this week.
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You can read about more stocks that moved on the week's news in The Score, my column in the Wall Street Journal's Exchange section.
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Today's show is produced by Ariana Asparu with supervising producer Talia Arbel.
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I'm Francesca Fontana.
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Have a great weekend and I'll see you next time.
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Hey, listeners, it's Saturday, November 16th.
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I'm Francesca Fontana for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News in Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
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Let's get to it.
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Last week was all about the so-called Trump trade, the big winners and the overall rally we saw in the stock market after Donald Trump won a second term as president.
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This week was a little more muted as investors process potential policy changes under the new administration.
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Not to mention the latest signals on interest rates, including Fed Chair Jerome Powell saying that recent signs of a solid economy will allow the Fed to take its time in deciding the pace of future rate cuts.
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And that had traders slashing expectations for a December rate cut.
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On a weekly basis, all three major indexes ended lower, with the Dow losing about 1%, the S&P 500 losing about 2%, and the Nasdaq losing about 3%.
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Speaking of the president-elect, we got updates this week on who Trump is keeping in his corner as he prepares for his second term.
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