The Dow and S&P 500 inched ahead on Monday to start what was widely expected to be the quietest week on the market in some time.
With the markets closing early on Wednesday for Christmas Eve—and staying closed until Friday in recognition of Christmas Day—experts predicted many traders would stay...
Wall Street thought they dodged a bullet when the "Blizzard of 2015" fizzled into little more than a nuisance in New York City. Little did they know more trouble was around the corner.
Stocks took a nosedive from the opening bell on Wall Street Tuesday, as several major corporations reported...
With the looming, monthly jobs report due out tomorrow, the market took a wait & see approach today with moderate gains. The healthcare sector saw the most advances as the S&P 500 closed above the 2,100 level for the first time since April.
Many investors on Wall Street are also...
The Dow Jones Industrial average and S&P 500 are currently riding session highs, having set new records in each of the past three trading days. However, Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager told CNBC's Squawk Box that there is NOT enough evidence to...
U.S. stocks were largely unmoved this morning, even after a revisal of fourth-quarter GDP figures showed slower growth for the end of 2014.
Fourth-quarter GDP was revised to show a figure of 2.2 percent, a disappointing step down from the 4.5 percent and 5.0 percent figures on the second and...
Wall Street suffered losses across the board as oil prices dropped and more Federal Reserve Bank presidents suggested the Fed might raise interest rates next month. The price of a of crude oil plummeted to $41.75 per barrel, falling 2.8%. San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams said...
U.S. stocks slid early on Friday, as investors returned their focus to energy prices.
Oil was down more than 1% in early trading, as word emerged of the passing of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah. No change in policy is expected, but uncertainty was enough to fuel concern on an already...
U.S. stocks were higher on Thursday, as investors hoped to recover after a particularly disastrous day on Wednesday.
Not only did major U.S. indices fall anywhere from 1.5%—2% on the day, an extended technical glitch shut down trading at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for about 3.5 hours. This...
An increase in the price of oil and strong showings within the financial industry gave stocks a boost today. The Dow Jones industrial average added more than 160 points with Chevron and Goldman Sachs leading the Dow. Oill rose 4.5% closing at $42 per barrel (a 2016 high) following...
U.S. stocks were lower on Wednesday, the first day of trading in the second quarter. The first quarter came to a disappointing end for investors yesterday, as a 200-point drop in the Dow sent the leading index back into negative territory for 2015.
The continued market volatility drove stock prices...
