Tuesday was a new day, but the same story on Wall Street—considerable losses in the face of declining oil prices. Oil fell another 4.3%, settling just under $48 a barrel. Prices haven't been this low since April 2009, the tail end of the Great Recession.
Stocks were hit to the tune...
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.
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A combination of falling oil prices and continued suggestions by Fed presidents that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) may raise interest rates sooner rather than later caused markets to suffer some losses today. The President of the St. Louis Fed James Bullard was the most recent Fed president...
Entering the final trading day of the week, the Dow had risen over 400 points during the three days prior, but today the winning streak ended. Stocks finished down across the board following the release of the May jobs report. There had been a great deal of discussion recently...
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...
The last session of the trading week saw the 2nd consecutive day of big losses on Wall Street as investors struggled with oil and economic data in the aftermath of the Federal Reserve's rate hike Wednesday. The Dow dropped over 370 points while the NASDAQ fell below 5,000. Ben...
The last trading day of the week marked a mixed day on Wall Street but for the first time this year volatility was not a major concern, as the market had it's fist positive week of the year. All U.S. markets were up between 2.5% and 3.8% this...
Friday the 13th was an unlucky day for Wall Street today as the Dow gave back most year to date gains. The Dow Jones industrial average briefly fell more than 200 points at one point in afternoon trading, with Goldman Sachs, Boeing, 3M and Wal-Mart contributing the most to...
A better than expected July jobs report helped vault the markets into higher territory today. The U.S. economy added 255,000 jobs in July, well above the expected 180,000. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9% but today's unemployment report sent stocks on major upswing with the S&P 500 &...
U.S. stocks were lower on Wednesday as investors began to worry over continued issues in Chinese markets. The current figures show the S&P trading at a loss thus far in 2015.
Right before noon, trading on the NYSE was suspended due to a technical malfunction. It didn't resume until after...
