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Markets Close With Solid Gains
Markets Close With Solid Gains
Jan 4, 2017 3:16 PM CST

Markets Close With Solid Gains

S&P 500 comes close to record high

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes are closing with solid gains, bringing the Standard & Poor's 500 and another key index just short of setting all-time highs, the AP reports. Companies that make basic materials and consumer-focused stocks like retailers posted the biggest gains Wednesday. Automakers Ford and General Motors each...

Markets Usher In 2017 With Broad Gains

Dow ends day up 119

(Newser) - US stocks broke a three-day losing streak Tuesday and ushered in the new year with broad gains, the AP reports. Health care stocks, which struggled for most of last year, climbed higher. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 119.16 points, or 0.6%, to 19,881.76. The Standard...

Stocks End a Strong Year
Stocks End a Strong Year
MARKETS
Dec 30, 2016 3:11 PM CST

Stocks End a Strong Year

Though the last day of trading for the year closes on a soft note

(Newser) - US stocks are closing out a solid year following a flat 2015, the AP reports. Indexes ended the last week of 2016 on a soft note, slipping in quiet trading Friday ahead of the New Year's Day weekend. For the year, the Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed...

Markets End Day Lower
Markets End Day Lower
Dec 29, 2016 3:08 PM CST

Markets End Day Lower

Dow slips 13

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes ended slightly lower, led by declines in banks and energy stocks, the AP reports. High-dividend stocks like utilities, real estate investment trusts and phone companies rose Thursday as bond yields fell. Sears jumped 10% after the struggling retailer said it had secured a new line of...

Markets End the Day Higher
Markets End the Day Higher
Dec 27, 2016 3:11 PM CST

Markets End the Day Higher

Dow nears 20K

(Newser) - Stocks are closing slightly higher in quiet trading on Wall Street, edging the Dow Jones industrial average closer to 20,000, the AP reports. The gains were broad Tuesday, with materials and technology leading the way. Energy stocks also rose as the price of crude oil moved higher. Bond yields...

US Stocks Notch Tiny Pre-Holiday Gains

Led by health care industry

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes managed to post tiny gains in a quiet day of pre-holiday trading, the AP reports. Health care stocks rose more than the rest of the market Friday, while retailers and energy companies fell. Cintas, which supplies companies with uniforms, fell 3% after reporting results that fell...

Oprah's New Bod Is a Gift to Weight Watchers

Shares spike as she reveals 40-pound weight loss

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey has lost 40 pounds since joining Weight Watchers—and that's doubly good news for her. After climbing as much as 19% to $12.50 on Thursday, per Bloomberg , shares of Weight Watchers were sitting at $12.02 as of this writing, meaning the nearly 6.4 million...

Dow Jones Fails to Reach 20K Thursday

Thanks to retailers losing ground

(Newser) - Stocks are ending slightly lower on Wall Street as a number of retailers lose ground, the AP reports. Bed Bath & Beyond slumped 9% Thursday after reporting weak results, while Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba is down after US regulators again sanctioned the company for sales of counterfeit goods. Software company...

Stocks Finish Slightly Down Wednesday

Healthcare companies continue to struggle

(Newser) - Stocks finished slightly lower Wednesday as health care companies continued to struggle, the AP reports. Energy companies bucked the downward trend and rose as the price of natural gas surged on the first day of winter.

Dow Nears 20,000 as Market Closes
Stocks Set New
Records Tuesday
Dec 20, 2016 3:25 PM CST

Stocks Set New Records Tuesday

And the Dow neared 20,000

(Newser) - Stocks set new records Tuesday as big gains by banks and travel companies propelled the Dow Jones industrial average ever closer to the symbolic 20,000 level, which remained just out of reach, the AP reports. Bond yields rose taking interest rates higher. That helped financial firms. Goldman Sachs rose...

Dow Rises as Rogue One Debut Lifts Disney

Market up 40 points

(Newser) - Stocks closed higher in light trading Monday as investors seeking income poured money into phone company and real estate stocks. Energy companies turned lower after strong gains over the last six weeks, and bank stocks lagged the market as the yield on the 10-year Treasury slid to 2.54%, sending...

Markets End the Day Lower
Markets End the Day Lower
Dec 16, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Markets End the Day Lower

Dow slips down 9

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes ended slightly lower after an early gain faded away, the AP reports. Financial and technology stocks had the biggest declines on Friday, outweighing gains in smaller sectors like utilities and real estate companies. Business software company Oracle dropped 4% after reporting revenue that fell short of...

Dow Came Within 50 Points of 20,000
Dow Came
Within 50 Points
of 20,000
MARKETS
Dec 15, 2016 3:11 PM CST

Dow Came Within 50 Points of 20,000

Ended up closing at 19,852

(Newser) - A surge in banks and other financial stocks that stand to benefit from higher interest rates led US indexes higher, the AP reports. The dollar climbed to its strongest level in 14 years Thursday. The price of gold sank on expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates several...

Stocks Dip After Fed Rate Hike
Stocks Dip After
Fed Rate Hike
Dec 14, 2016 3:15 PM CST

Stocks Dip After Fed Rate Hike

While dollar and bond yields rise

(Newser) - Stocks fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates on the back of a strengthening job market and surprised investors by increasing its forecast for rate hikes next year, the AP reports. The dollar and bond yields rose sharply. Utilities, real-estate investment trusts, and other high-dividend stocks at risk...

Dow Closes Above 19,900 for First Time

Ended day up 115 points

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes set records again Tuesday as energy companies continued to climb following international deals that will cut oil production, the AP reports. Big-name technology companies like Apple and IBM also traded higher as the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 19,900 for the first time. On...

Dow Hits Record Close 6th Time in a Row
Dow Hits Record Close
6th Time in a Row
MARKETS
Dec 12, 2016 3:09 PM CST

Dow Hits Record Close 6th Time in a Row

Energy companies push index to 19,796

(Newser) - Stocks are closing mostly lower on Wall Street, but energy companies rose along with the price of crude oil, and the Dow Jones found its sixth consecutive record close, reports Marketwatch . Gains in Exxon Mobil and Chevron nudged the Dow Jones industrial average to another record Monday, reports the AP...

Dow Ends Day Up 142
Dow Ends Day Up 142
MARKETS
Dec 9, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 142

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - US stocks extended a rally into a sixth day, bringing new all-time highs for major indexes, the AP reports. The largest gains went to industries that have been mostly left out of the post-election rally, including health care companies and makers of household goods. Coca-Cola rose 2.5%, the most...

Dow Ends Day Up 65
Dow Ends Day Up 65
Dec 8, 2016 3:11 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 65

Nasdaq, S&P 500 also close higher

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes are closing at record highs for the second day in a row, the AP reports. Banks and materials companies logged the biggest gains Thursday. Goldman Sachs, which has surged 33% since the election last month, had the biggest gain in the Dow Jones industrial average. Higher...

Dow Surges 297
Dow Surges 297
MARKETS
Dec 7, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Dow Surges 297

Dow, S&P 500 see record high closes

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes are leaping to all-time highs in a broad rally, the AP reports. The gains Wednesday were driven by stocks that tend to do well when the economy is growing, like consumer and technology companies, as well as stocks that pay high dividends, like phone and real...

Dow Again Closes at Record High
Dow Again Closes
at Record High
MARKETS
Dec 6, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Dow Again Closes at Record High

S&P 500, Nasdaq also rise

(Newser) - A modest upturn in afternoon trading was enough to deliver record high closes for the Dow Jones industrial average and the Russell 2000 index, which tracks small and mid-sized companies, the AP reports. The Standard & Poor's 500 index of large companies ended just below its own all-time high...

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