Advertisement
UK markets close in 7 hours 32 minutes
  • FTSE 100

    8,080.13
    +39.75 (+0.49%)
     
  • FTSE 250

    19,619.34
    -100.03 (-0.51%)
     
  • AIM

    753.96
    -0.73 (-0.10%)
     
  • GBP/EUR

    1.1665
    +0.0020 (+0.18%)
     
  • GBP/USD

    1.2510
    +0.0048 (+0.38%)
     
  • Bitcoin GBP

    51,213.00
    -2,186.75 (-4.10%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,384.50
    +1.93 (+0.14%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,071.63
    +1.08 (+0.02%)
     
  • DOW

    38,460.92
    -42.77 (-0.11%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    83.04
    +0.23 (+0.28%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,335.00
    -3.40 (-0.15%)
     
  • NIKKEI 225

    37,628.48
    -831.60 (-2.16%)
     
  • HANG SENG

    17,263.12
    +61.85 (+0.36%)
     
  • DAX

    18,004.03
    -84.67 (-0.47%)
     
  • CAC 40

    8,067.16
    -24.70 (-0.31%)
     

Why Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line Stocks All Just Jumped

Why Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line Stocks All Just Jumped

Tic-tac-toe, three in a row, shares of cruise line stocks Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL), Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL), and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NYSE: NCLH) all jumped in Friday trading, rising 3.5%, 3.6%, and 4.6%, respectively, through 10:30 a.m. EDT. This morning, drugmaker Merck announced that its anti-Covid pill molnupiravir has proven effective at cutting the rate of hospitalization and death from Covid by "approximately 50%" in a Phase 3 clinical trial.