A surge in the energy sector pushed stocks higher Thursday, while investors considered the weekly jobless claims report.
The report released this morning showed 281,000 jobless claims, in line with expectations but slightly higher than last week’s figure of 268,000. This was the first report since Friday’s disappointing jobs figure...
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...
U.S. stocks were higher on Wednesday, as the market attempted to recover from another damaging setback yesterday.
For most of Tuesday, the market appeared poised to recover a large amount of Monday’s losses, only to make a 180-degree turn in late trading and finish the day down about 1% across...
Following yesterday's advances on Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial average gained 222 points (thanks to a rally in financial shares), the Dow gave back much of those gains due to poor corporate earnings reports. The Dow lost over 200 points due mostly to disappointing first quarter earnings...
U.S. stocks were down sharply Thursday, as investors' worries took control of the market.
Experts believe that the uncertainty over economic growth are pushing the market lower right now. Worse yet, many see little potential for a quick turnaround that would end this losing streak. Tomorrow's jobs report will be...
U.S. stocks were higher on Thursday, as the market attempted to recover from a rough stretch that has wiped out all 2015 gains in the major indexes.
In the past four days, the Dow shed 500 points, while the S&P 500 tumbled almost 4% from its all-time high just 10...
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...
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...
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...
After experiencing the first positive week of the year last week, the markets opened the first session of the new week today on an up note. The good day on Wall Street was led by the Dow, which at one point was up over 250 points. Shares of United...
