It was a relatively flat day on Wall Street, with small gains as markets struggled to gain any momentum following release of the July Fed minutes. General consensus from voting policymakers is that that more data is needed before another Fed rate hike is considered. Read the July Fed...
U.S. stocks were down Wednesday, one day after new trade data raised concerns that 1st-quarter GDP would show an economic contraction.
A late, minor rally saved the Dow from falling back into negative territory for the year. 10-year Treasury yields moved as high as 2.25, their best mark in 2015.
After...
U.S. stocks were higher Wednesday, thanks to the slow-but-steady recovery continued in the oil markets.
The Dow broke its four-day losing streak after closing slightly down on Tuesday. Investors hoped that a bounce in oil prices will end that streak today. Futures in the oil market extended gains on Wednesday...
U.S. stocks were slightly higher on Tuesday, as investors moved their attention away from Greece and back to information on the U.S. economy.
Today’s biggest piece of data—retail sales—proved disappointing, as June figures showed a decline of 0.3 percent. Experts and analysts had been expecting an increase of 0.3 percent.
Treasury...
Big gains in the energy and technology sectors helped push all three major indices to higher levels on Wall St. Global oil prices surged due to a report on heating oil and gasoline inventories will show a decline, while the prospect of falling natural gas shale production also added...
Monday, August 11
While Friday was seen as a victory for Wall Street, the higher close highlighted the day-to-day volatility of the market.
Despite the widespread reports of an ongoing bull market, Friday’s rally was needed to push the Dow Jones average just barely into the black for 2014. Overall, the...
Stocks floundered as Wall Street's three day winning streak ended. The financial sector was down as was the price of oil. Oil closed below yesterday's high of $51- the highest level in nearly a year.
Watch more on today's financial activity from CNBC's Bob Pisani & Art Cashin-Director of Floor...
Rising oil prices highlighted the first day of the new trading week as investors awaited the results of new sales data expected by the end of the week. The markets began the day with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ at new, all-time high record levels.
More from CNBC below.
Oil rose...
U.S. stocks traded close to even on Thursday, one day after the Dow plunged nearly 300 points in an ugly Wednesday for equities. The day pushed the Dow index back into negative numbers for 2015.
The Dow is now down about 2.5% thus far this week (remember, a 5% drop...
Stocks showed modest gains today as the market extended its winning streak to 3 in a row. The Dow closed above 18,000 for the first time since April. The string of positive gains on Wall Street has come as a bit of a surprise to Peter Boockvar, chief market...
