Reuters - An early rally in stocks fizzled, leaving major averages with modest gains on Friday, as Wall Street was torn between hope that U.S. economic data points to better times ahead and fear Europe’s debt crisis will engulf major world economies.[Read more...]
Reuters - Stocks were little changed in volatile trading on Friday as a warning by Fitch it may cut ratings on some European nations offset gains in growth-related shares.[Read more...]
Reuters - Stocks rose on Friday with growth-related shares leading the way as investors focused on a brighter U.S. economic outlook.[Read more...]
Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, as signs of strength in the economy and higher-than-expected profit at FedEx outweighed more warnings about Europe.[Read more...]
Reuters - Signs of strength in the labor market and manufacturing sector, as well as higher quarterly profit from FedEx, pushed U.S. stocks slightly higher on Thursday, but the mood was fragile as investors kept their eyes on Europe’s festering debt crisis.[Read more...]
Reuters - Stocks fell for a third day and hit their lowest level in two weeks on Wednesday as widespread risk aversion sent commodity prices tumbling, drove the euro to its lowest in a year and forced Italy to pay a euro-era high to sell debt.[Read more...]
Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday with traders focused on a sliding euro and rising Italian bond yields as market anxiety over Europe persisted.[Read more...]
Reuters - The euro hit an 11-month low against the dollar and stocks eased on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve warned Europe’s sovereign debt crisis could hurt the U.S. economy but failed to signal fresh action to stimulate growth.[Read more...]
NEW YORK—Stocks dropped as Federal Reserve officials didn’t take immediate actions to bolster the economy and retail-sales data offered a disappointing view on the holiday shopping season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 66.45 points, or 0.55%, to 11954.94. The blue-chip Dow gained as much as 126 points in early trading, but wavered [...]
Reuters - Stocks fell for a second straight day on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve gave no hints of new stimulus measures to offset the effects of the worsening European debt crisis.[Read more...]
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