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Stocks waver in early trading on Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are little changed in early trading on Wall Street but the market is still on track to post solid gains for the week. Continue reading
Stocks inch higher in early trading
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are mostly higher in early trading on Wall Street Friday and are on track to post solid gains for the week. Continue reading
Stocks inch higher on Wall Street at midday
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are mostly higher in midday trading on Wall Street and are on track to post solid gains for the week. Continue reading
ASIA MARKETS: Japan Leads Asia Rally After China Trade Data
Japanese stocks rallied on toward five-year highs Wednesday, outperforming other Asia markets, which also traded higher after another record finish for key U.S. equity indexes and strong Chinese trade data. Continue reading
Stocks are little changed after record week
NEW YORK (AP) — Major stock market indexes are ending little changed on Wall Street following a record-breaking week. Continue reading
Stocks end at historic highs, spurred by upbeat jobs data
Stocks closed out the week with a bang, with the Dow briefly topping 15,000 for the first time, as Wall Street cheered a better-than-expected April employment report. All three major indexes — the Dow Jones industrials, the broader S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq — finished sharply higher for the week, with the Dow and S&P advancing to all-time closing highs.”It’s going to be the f… Continue reading
IBM pulls the stock market out of a morning slump
NEW YORK (AP) — News that IBM will buy back more stock and raise its dividend helped pull major stock indexes out of a morning slump Tuesday. Continue reading
Global stocks rise on progress in Italy; S&P 500 at record
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stock indexes and the euro advanced on Monday as the formation of a new government in Italy eased uncertainty about the political future of the country, the third-largest economy in the euro zone, while the S&P 500 closed at a record high. The gains on Friday extended the S&P 500's recent rally, bringing the index's increase for the year-to-date to 11.8 percent Continue reading
Wall Street dips after GDP but finishes week higher
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks dipped in thin volume on Friday, though the market had a strong week overall despite a mixed bag of earnings and weak economic figures. Shares of online retailer Amazon.com Inc posted the largest daily drop in 15 months after the company reported results late on Thursday. It was Friday's biggest drag on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes Continue reading
Stocks end lower for second day, dragged by techs
Stocks extended their losses for a second day Thursday, dragged by health care and techs, after a batch of economic data that missed projections and mixed earnings reports.Stocks gyrated in a wide range this week, with all three major benchmark indexes suffering their sharpest one-day drop of the year on Monday, before recovering most of those losses on Tuesday. However, after Wednesday’s steep de… Continue reading
