Shares of Slack Technologies Inc. WORK, +37.59% spiked up 27.6% in midday trading Wednesday, after The Wall Street Journal reported that the business communications software company has held talks to be acquired by Salesforce.com Inc. CRM, -5.37%.

Gold futures on Wednesday booked a meager gain, as the precious metal attempted to recover from a series of sharp declines that were prompted partly by progress on vaccines and treatments for the economy-disrupting coronavirus.

Gold dealer’s see the metal’s support level around $1,800 after slipping below $1,850 on Monday

The company reported a record 19 million unit shipments of PCs on a spike in consumer demand

Shares of Tesla Inc. TSLA, +6.42% advanced 6.43% to $555.38 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +1.31% rising 1.31% to 12,036.79 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.53% rising 1.54% to 30,046.24. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Tesla Inc. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $526.00, which the company reached on November 23rd.

European stocks and U.S. equity futures were mostly lower after record session on Wall Street

Critical information for the U.S. trading day

Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL, -2.97% slipped 2.97% to $113.85 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +0.21% rising 0.22% to 11,880.63 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.12% rising 1.12% to 29,591.27. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Apple Inc. closed $24.13 short of its 52-week high ($137.98), which the company reached on September 2nd.

Analyst Dan Ives sees a ‘major inflection’ of electric vehicle demand, and Tesla as the clear EV market leader with a market cap approaching $500 billion

New service pushes owner of Snapchat into fraught but potentially lucrative business of viral content