Oil futures popped higher Sunday evening, after a drone attack that killed three U.S. service members in northern Jordan, blamed by the White House on Iran-backed militants, marked…
Read more Oil prices jump after drone attack kills U.S. troops, escalating Mideast crisisOil futures ended slightly lower Friday on the final trading day of 2023, capping crude’s first losing year since 2020 as concerns about the demand outlook outweighed potential…
Read more Oil prices end lower as crude suffers first losing year since 2020Oil futures fell on Friday, but finished off the session’s lows to eke out a gain for the week — the first for U.S. and global benchmark crude…
Read more Oil prices post first weekly gain in 8 weeks amid ship attacks in Red SeaOil futures fell Monday to their lowest levels in more than two weeks, building on recent declines that came after a round of voluntary production cuts announced by…
Read more Oil prices drop to 2-week lows as doubts linger over OPEC+ production cutsIsrael’s military campaign against Hamas has entered its sixth week, and the country is facing a growing backlash against the humanitarian toll of the war as well as…
Read more Here’s how much aid the U.S. gives to Israel — and why it may get billions of dollars moreOil futures dropped Sunday night as markets saw a calm opening following Israel’s launch of a ground offensive in Gaza that drew implied threats from Iran amid market…
Read more Oil falls, markets hold steady as Israel launches Gaza ground offensiveU.S. stocks closed mostly lower Friday, but the Dow Jones and S&P 500 posted weekly gains, as the Israel-Gaza war appeared to escalate heading into the weekend. The…
Read more Dow Jones ekes out gain Friday, stocks mostly advance for the week as Israel-Gaza war escalatesU.S. stocks booked a 3-session win streak Tuesday as oil prices and bond yields retreated. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.40% climbed about 134 points, or 0.4%,…
Read more U.S. stocks post 3-session climb as bond yields, oil retreatWall Street on Monday shook off a bout of selling sparked by the Israel-Gaza war. That’s in keeping with the historical tendency of investors to look past geopolitical…
Read more Will Israel-Gaza war sink stocks and shake the global economy? Watch oil prices.U.S. stocks booked back-to-back gains on Monday, despite rising oil prices and a deadly weekend assault on Israeli by Hamas that left hundreds dead. The Dow Jones Industrial…
Read more U.S. stocks end higher despite climbing oil prices, Israel-Gaza warOil futures opened with strong gains late Sunday as traders reacted to an attack by Hamas on Israel, raising Middle East tensions and stoking worries about the outlook…
Read more Oil prices jump 4% after Hamas attack on IsraelOil traders on Sunday said crude prices were likely to remain supported in the near term, as investors assessed the fallout from the surprise attack by Hamas on…
Read more ‘Fear trade’: What Israel-Hamas war means for oil prices and financial marketsInflation remains a top concern among Americans, so what do the Republicans seeking President Joe Biden’s job say they’ll do about it? MarketWatch asked the 2024 GOP White…
Read more Here’s how the Republican presidential candidates say they’ll whip inflationInflation is likely to fall below the Federal Reserve’s 2% annual target by late next year, according to David Kelly, chief global strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management. Consumer…
Read more When will inflation cool to the Fed’s 2% target? By late next year, says JP Morgan strategist.Recent weakness in the U.S. stock market is likely to persist over the near-term, according to Wall Street’s most bullish strategist, who still thinks the S&P 500 is…
Read more Wall Street’s most bullish strategist warns of choppiness in stocks, still sees the S&P 500 touching a record high this yearCentral bankers like to focus on core inflation readings, which strip out food and energy prices, but that doesn’t mean that they, or investors, will be able to…
Read more Why crude-oil rally can’t be ignored by investors — or the FedOil futures settled higher on Wednesday, with U.S. prices posting a ninth consecutive climb — the longest streak of daily gains since early 2019. Prices for U.S. and…
Read more U.S. oil prices score longest streak of daily gains in over 4 yearsU.S. stocks closed lower Tuesday after the long Labor Day weekend, as bond yields and oil prices climbed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA shed about 195 points,…
Read more Dow closes down 200 points as bond yields, oil prices jumpA wider swath of stocks have joined the S&P 500 SPX, +0.15%’s upswing after the so-called Magnificent Seven — Apple AAPL, +0.32%, Amazon AMZN, +1.11%, Alphabet GOOG, +0.08%,…
Read more The ‘narrow breadth’ chorus has fallen silent. What broadening participation in stock-market rally means for investors.Stocks have surged this year without really anything going right, besides the rolling out of error-prone artificial intellligence chatbots. Interest rates have surged to a 22-year high, earnings…
Read more Puzzled by the stock-market surge? Overshoots are the new normal, Bank of America strategist says
