NEW YORK—U.S. stocks bounced from small gains to losses in early trading, as investors watching Europe’s debt crisis shifted their focus to signs of turmoil in Italian politics. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 6 points, or 0.1%, to 11989 shortly after Monday’s opening bell. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index gained 1 point, [...]
Stocks capped their first weekly loss since September with a drop on Friday, as Europe’s sovereign-debt problems overshadowed a small gain in U.S. employment. U.S. stocks fell, mirroring European markets’ caution ahead of a planned confidence vote in Greece that overshadowed a modestly positive U.S. [...]
NEW YORK—U.S. stocks fell, mirroring European markets’ caution ahead of a planned confidence vote in Greece that overshadowed a modestly positive U.S. employment report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 92 points, or 0.8%, to 11953 in early trading, while the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index shed 11 points, or 0.8%, to 1251 and [...]
Reuters - Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street, with futures for the S&P 500 flat, Dow Jones futures up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.2 percent at 1008 GMT (6:08 a.m. EDT).[Read more...]
Stocks hit session highs in afternoon trading, as Greece appeared to reverse plans for a referendum on its financial bailout. U.S. stocks advanced in early trading, boosted by the European Central Bank’s decision to cut its main policy rates and by investor hopes that Greece [...]
Stocks bounced back after a two-day selloff, as the Federal Reserve pledged to support the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 178.08 points, or 1.5%, to 11836.04, snapping a two-day losing streak. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index added 19.62 points, or 1.6%, to 1237.90, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 33.02 points, [...]
U.S. stocks clawed back some of the two-day rout earlier this week as investors awaited the Federal Reserve and a meeting of world leaders in Cannes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 195 points, or 1.7%, to 11853 in midday trade. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index added 22 points, or 1.8%, to 1240 [...]
U.S. stock futures firmed after private-sector hiring came in slightly stronger than expected and as investors sought to find their footing after two sessions of steep losses driven by fresh headlines from Greece. Even so, gains remained tentative ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy statement due later in the day. About an hour [...]
Reuters - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 up 0.6 to 1 percent.[Read more...]
LONDON—The U.K. economy grew more than expected in the third quarter as it rebounded from one-time disruptions earlier in the year, but the underlying picture remained fragile in a country now suffering its weakest recovery from recession since World War I. Highlighting the continued economic uncertainty, more recent data showed that manufacturing suffered its [...]
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