U.S. stocks turned higher, shaking off earlier weakness, after the Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its policy rate as expected by 25 basis points to help fight inflation.…
Read more S&P 500 pushes above 4,010 level, stocks turn higher after Fed raises rates by 25 basis pointsU.S. stocks finished higher Friday, as investors weighed a flurry of bank earnings results for the fourth quarter and fresh data on consumer sentiment and inflation expectations. All…
Read more Dow closes up more than 100 points as earnings season begins, stocks book best week of gains in 2 monthsU.S. stocks advanced Friday, with the Dow rising 500 points, as monthly Labor Department data showed the pace of job creation cooled in December while wage gains slowed,…
Read more Dow up 500 points as pace of jobs growth, wage gains cools in DecemberU.S. stocks ended lower Friday, booking their worst annual losses since 2008, as tax-loss harvesting along with anxieties about the outlook for corporate profits and the U.S. consumer…
Read more U.S. stocks fall on last trading day of 2022, booking monthly losses and worst year since 2008The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes recorded their worst day in almost a month on Monday, after a hotter-than-expected U.S. services-sector reading fueled concerns that the Federal…
Read more S&P 500, Nasdaq post worst day in month after strong data fuels worry about Fed rate hikesU.S. stocks tumbled on Monday as protests in China raised the risks to global growth and Federal Reserve policy makers said more interest-rate increases are needed to control…
Read more Dow down by more than 500 points as Fed officials point to more rate hikes, China protests rattle marketsSenior officials at the Federal Reserve expect smaller increases in interest rates will “soon be appropriate” as the threat of recession grows. Although the Fed still expects rates…
Read more Fed eyes slower rate hikes as recession threat growsThe stock market remains open Friday, Nov. 11, the Veterans Day holiday in the U.S., even through it counts as a holiday for the $53 trillion American bond…
Read more Is the stock market open? Veterans Day is a regular day for U.S. stocks, but the bond market is closed.The past week offered a tale of two markets, with gains for the Dow Jones Industrial Average putting the blue-chip gauge on track for its best October on…
Read more The Dow is soaring as Big Tech tumbles: What that says about the Fed, recession fears, and the path ahead for stocksAn earlier version of this story misstated the date of the U.S. midterm elections. They will be held Nov. 8, not Nov. 9. Despite a raft of risky…
Read more Stocks are having a stellar October. Why the bear-market rally may have more room to run.U.S. stock indexes edged higher on Wednesday, while hotter-than-expected producer price inflation data deepened concerns that the Federal Reserve may continue its aggressive interest rate hikes. How are…
Read more U.S. stocks edge up despite higher-than-expected inflation dataIt’s a regular day of business for the U.S. stock market on Monday, October 10, as equity exchanges stay open for Columbus Day, a federal holiday that also…
Read more Will the stock market be open on Columbus Day?U.S. stock indexes ended modestly lower on Wednesday, despite briefly turning positive in the final hour of trading, while data showed steady growth in private-sector jobs and in…
Read more U.S. stocks finish choppy session with losses, snap 2-day winning streak as investors assess positive economic dataIt was a September investors will remember — and not in a good way. A Friday drop left the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average with their…
Read more It was the worst September for stocks since 2002. What that means for October.
