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What's behind Eli Lilly's down-and-up day after last week's post-earnings surge

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What's behind Eli Lilly's down-and-up day after last week's post-earnings surge

TL;DR

  • Stocks declined amid concerns over the war in Iran and a jump in oil prices.
  • Interest rates increased as the likelihood of a year-end Fed rate hike rose.
  • Eli Lilly's stock initially fell on news of a liver failure case associated with its drug Foundayo.
  • The company stated that the adverse event was not reasonably related to Foundayo, leading to a stock recovery.
  • Foundayo is reportedly not cannibalizing sales of Lilly's existing injectable drugs and is expected to perform well.
  • Several companies, including Palantir, Onsemi, and Pinterest, are set to report earnings.