Why Amgen Stock Vaulted Higher Today
Shares of Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) were vaulting 5.9% higher as of 3:21 p.m. EDT on Tuesday. The nice jump came after the announcement that the stock would be added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Pfizer.
There are two main reasons why investors cheered today's news for Amgen. One was more symbolic, while the other was quite practical.
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