For the first time in a week and a half Wall Street finished with gains across the board.  The tech heavy NASDAQ snapped an eight day losing streak (its first such bad run since January 2008) while the Down Jones Industrial Average posted triple digit gains. Crude oil, which...
Markets ended the week on a high note with gains across the board. The NASDAQ rose 2.5% finishing at a two month high as investors reacted to more quarterly earning reports including Microsoft's which beat analysts' expectations. Microsoft stock closed up almost 11 percent-its best close since February 2000. China's...
Markets opened the new trading week with an up and down ride on Wall Street before closing in the positive. The slight gains came despite the fall in energy stock and oil as another batch of big corporations prepare to release quarterly earnings reports this week. Over a 5th...
On the penultimate trading day of the week on Wall Street, all of the major averages had gains of 1% or more as financials lead the way and investors processed bank earnings and the latest economic data that supported the case for a rate hike delay. Rises in the...
An increase in the number of jobs and a rise in the price of oil helped lift the markets today. The Dow closed at a 2 month high as it broke through the 17,000 barrier and the S&P 500 hit the 2,000 mark.  For the week- oil finished up...
Wall Street got a much needed extra day off as the markets were closed Monday for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday.  The first half of January this year has been disastrous for the markets and the worst, first two opening weeks for the Dow and S&P...
The last day of the trading week saw the Dow complete its first two week losing streak since February.  The possibility of a Federal Reserve rate hike in June also suffered a big hit today as the April jobs report fell well below analysts' estimates. In April, the U.S....
U.S. stocks finished mixed at the conclusion of Monday trading amid declines in oil prices,which fell nearly 3% as traders assessed the impact of wildfires on Canada's oil output. In the meantime, with the U.S. Presidential election still 6 months away, the candidates are being judged as to what their...
U.S. stocks were higher again Thursday, as oil prices staged a rally from near 7-year lows earlier this week. Oil prices jumped more than 10% to $42.52 per barrel—up from the week’s low point of $38.95 per barrel. Investors were encouraged by the first positive day in some time on the...
On the last day of trading for the week oil had its best day since 2009, ending a 5 day losing streak on Wall Street.  The price of a barrel of oil soared over %12 percent as stocks experienced gains across the board.  The financial and banking sector gained...