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Dow surges 700 points, poised for best day in a year, as investors shake off omicron-sparked angst
U.S. stocks traded sharply higherThursday afternoon, with the Dow industrials on track for the best percentage gain since last year,…
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Dow claws back from Tuesday rout as Powell says he doesn’t think Fed tapering will disrupt financial markets
U.S. stock benchmarks were climbing midday Wednesday, following the previous session’s selloff, as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in a second…
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Panic-like selling signs emerge in NYSE as Dow tumbles more than 600 points Tuesday amid omicron fears
Trading in New York Stock Exchange-listed stocks on Tuesday were exhibiting panic-like-selling behavior as stocks faced selling pressure attributed to…
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How the Dow tumbled 650 points and ended more than halfway to correction Tuesday as omicron, Powell rattle Wall Street
U.S. stock benchmarks rang up another solid session of losses, sparked by growing concerns about the omicron variant of the…
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Dow futures fall more than 400 points as Moderna CEO predicts existing vaccines will be less effective against omicron variant
U.S. stock futures tumbled anew on Tuesday after Moderna’s chief executive officer Stéphane Bancel predicted that current vaccines would be…
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Here’s what the Black Friday carnage may mean for the stock market’s trade Monday, analysts say
The new, potentially fast-spreading B.1.1.529 strain of coronavirus declared a variant of concern by the World Health Organization roiled global markets…
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U.S. stock market’s COVID selloff puts these potential pullback lows in focus: analyst
With U.S. stocks suffering a sharp, Black Friday selloff following the discovery of a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus that…
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Here are the stock market’s trading hours for Black Friday
U.S. financial markets are closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, and will close early on Black Friday. Black Friday, Nov. 26, is…
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Here are the stock market’s trading hours for Thanksgiving and Black Friday
U.S. financial markets are closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, and will close early on Black Friday. Black Friday, Nov. 26, is…
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Nasdaq Composite posts back-to-back declines as bond yields add to gains but Dow, S&P 500 end higher
U.S. technology stocks ended lower on Tuesday as Treasury yields extended a rise, but the S&P 500 snapped a two-session…
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Dow rises, but Nasdaq Composite falls as tech sector sees renewed pressure
U.S. technology stocks were under pressure Tuesday afternoon as Treasury yields extended a rise, dragging down major stock indexes. Energy…
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Here’s why Santa may skip Wall Street this year
Everyone knows about the Santa rally effect, and it’s particularly pronounced in a bull market. According to Bank of America,…
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Nasdaq Composite posts 46th record close of 2021 but broader stock market limps lower in week before Thanksgiving
The Nasdaq Composite index finished at a record high amid an otherwise lackluster end of the week for the broader…
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House approves Biden’s $2 trillion social-spending bill — but big changes loom in Senate
The House of Representatives on Friday approved a roughly $2 trillion social-spending and climate-change bill backed by President Joe Biden,…
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Dow rises modestly amid J&J split-up news but stock market set for weekly losses on inflation angst
U.S. stock indexes climbed modestly on Friday, with the Dow enjoying a bump from enthusiasm about a breakup of blue-chip…
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Is the stock market closed on Veterans Day? No, but the bond market is—here’s why.
Veterans Day—intended to pay homage to U.S. military servicewomen and men—kicks off on Thursday and as a result, bond markets…
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite book worst day in over 5 weeks as 30-year government bond yield surges
U.S. stocks skidded lower Wednesday, as a reading of consumer inflation rose in October to the highest level since 1990,…
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S&P 500 skids lower Tuesday and misses longest streak of record closes in 66 years as Tesla’s stock tumbles 12%
U.S. stock benchmarks headed solidly lower Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite halting lengthy win streaks that had…
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Researchers from Federal Reserve’s San Francisco regional bank throw support behind 50-year Treasury bond
Researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, one of the central bank’s 12 regional entities, are lending support…
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Dow up 160 points in record territory to start second week of trade in November
U.S. stock benchmarks were on the rise Monday, driving the blue-chip Dow to an intraday record, as investors bought energy,…
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House approves infrastructure bill, sending it to Biden to be signed into law
The U.S. House of Representatives late Friday voted 228-206 to approve a bipartisan infrastructure bill, in a move that sends…
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House looks set to pass infrastructure bill tonight, as progressives accept promise that social-spending package will advance later
The U.S. House of Representatives late Friday appeared on track to approve a bipartisan infrastructure bill, after progressive Democratic lawmakers…
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U.S. stocks build on gains after calm reaction to Fed’s taper plan
The S&P 500 index and Nasdaq Composite traded at intraday records Thursday as investors greeted a Federal Reserve decision to…
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U.S. stocks turn higher after Fed says economy recovering and tapering of bond purchases will start this month
U.S. stocks were mostly higher, rising off session lows Wednesday after the Federal Reserve acted as expected by announcing its…
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Here are the five dumbest ways you could have gotten rich in 2021
After a record-breaking start to the week for stocks, markets are looking less charged for Tuesday. A two-day Federal Reserve…
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Dow clings to gain after briefly topping 36,000 as investors await this week’s Fed meeting
All three U.S. major stock-market indexes were trading not far from their intraday records on Monday, with investors awaiting this…
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Stocks up slightly as Wall Street aims to build on records after October rally
U.S. stocks kicked off November with modest gains early Monday, as bulls took aim at further records ahead of a…
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Dow closes 266 points lower, halts string of gains as Nasdaq ekes out 3rd straight rise and Treasurys log steepest yield slide in 3 months
The Dow and S&P 500 closed lower Wednesday, ending a string of gains for the equity benchmarks that have been…
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Futures point to further Wall Street records ahead of earnings onslaught
U.S. stock futures pointed to an upbeat start Tuesday, continuing a winning run as investors face an onslaught of corporate…
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U.S. stock futures consolidate after lurching toward new record high
U.S. stock futures took a step back Thursday, consolidating after a rally from last month’s lows that has brought indexes…
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Dow, S&P 500 end higher but narrowly miss closing highs as Fed’s Beige Book shows inflation pressures remain
The S&P 500 index and Dow industrials closed higher on Wednesday, barely missing a finish at record closing highs as…
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Dow, S&P 500 touch record-high territory Wednesday, with Tesla earnings due after the close
U.S. stock indexes saw modest gains Wednesday morning, but they were sufficient to push the S&P 500 index and Dow…
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U.S. stocks push higher as earnings season rolls on
U.S. stocks pushed to the upside again Tuesday, after the largest four-day stretch of gains since late July for both…
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Futures point to further Wall Street gains as earnings season rolls on
U.S. stock futures pointed higher Tuesday, extending gains after the largest four-day stretch of gains since late July for both…
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Dow, S&P 500 trade lower as weak China data sets cautious tone
U.S. stock benchmarks traded modestly lower Monday morning, as slower-than-forecast growth in China set off a cautious tone ahead of…
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Wall Street set for weaker start after China data
U.S. stock futures edged lower Monday as slower-than-forecast growth in China set off a cautious tone ahead of huge slate…
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Investment advisers ‘extremely skeptical’ about first U.S. bitcoin ETF: ‘It’s a hard thing for RIAs to recommend an inferior’ crypto product
Happy Sunday! Welcome to the penultimate installment of Need to Know Crypto Edition, ahead of the launch of a new…
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This development may fully reopen the global economy — and the stock market has mostly ignored it
The buzz surrounding the potential for the antiviral drug from Merck & Co. MRK, -0.43% and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics is hot…
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U.S. stocks waver ahead of earnings, inflation data
U.S. stocks switched between small gains and losses early Tuesday, as inflation worries ahead of third-quarter earnings appeared to weigh…
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Dow industrials near 35,000 as stock market’s gains firm early Monday with earnings looming
U.S. stock indexes were seeing gains firm early Monday, as traders reacted to a jobs report at the end of…
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Dow futures head lower after weaker-than-expected September jobs report
The U.S. stock market looked set to wobble on Friday after a monthly report on the labor market came in…
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Dow jumps over 500 points as lawmakers reach temporary debt-limit fix
U.S. stocks rose sharply Thursday, as lawmakers reached an agreement that will at least temporarily avert a breach of the…
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Dow rises nearly 400 points as lawmakers prepare to delay debt-ceiling reckoning
U.S. stocks rose early Thursday, on track for a third day of gains, amid signs that the debt ceiling issue…
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Dow up 300 points as stocks extend post-Fed gains
U.S. stocks traded higher on Thursday, extending gains a day after the Federal Reserve signaled, as expected, that it is…
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U.S. stock market aims for turnaround Tuesday after Evergrande sparks worst day since May
U.S. stock indexes bounced modestly on Tuesday after the worst single day for the S&P 500 in more than four…
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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq close lower in weekly slump on ‘quad witching’ and weak consumer sentiment
U.S. stock indexes closed lower Friday, slumping for the week, as bearish momentum gathered steam after a reading on consumer…
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Morgan Stanley says the latest rally that has caught the eye of Wall Street Bets won’t last. Here’s why.
Do it again? Investors will be eager to see if the S&P 500 and Dow industrials can repeat Monday’s wins…
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Dow slips as stock market beset by end-of-week turbulence
U.S. stock indexes were lower for a fifth straight day Friday afternoon, after opening higher, as investors worried that the…
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U.S. stocks trim losses despite Fed’s Beige Book showing moderate economic growth
U.S. equity indexes traded lower Wednesday afternoon, but were off the session’s worst levels, weighed down by selling in the…
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Dow inches higher but S&P 500, Nasdaq under pressure as Fed’s Bullard says ‘taper will get going this year’
U.S. equity benchmarks traded mixed Wednesday morning, with information technology and communication services sectors coming under selling pressure, as investors…
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