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Mixed Finish for Stocks After Choppy Day
Mixed Finish for Stocks
After Choppy Day
MARKETS
May 8, 2019 3:16 PM CDT

Mixed Finish for Stocks After Choppy Day

Investors still on edge over tariff threat

(Newser) - Stocks ended mostly lower on Wall Street after a late wave of selling wiped out what was left of a modest midday rally, the AP reports. Internet and media companies fell the most Wednesday. Netflix sank 1.6% and Google's parent company Alphabet lost 0.7%. Tripadvisor plunged 11....

Dow Falls 473 Amid Trade Tensions
Dow Falls 473
Amid Trade Tensions
MARKETS
May 7, 2019 3:04 PM CDT

Dow Falls 473 Amid Trade Tensions

S&P 500 sees biggest loss since late March

(Newser) - An escalating showdown between the US and China over trade sent shudders through the stock market, handing the S&P 500 is biggest loss since late March, the AP reports. Technology and industrial stocks, which do a lot of business with China and would stand to suffer greatly in a...

Latest Tariff Threat Spooks Stock Market
Latest Tariff Threat
Spooks Stock Market
MARKETS
May 6, 2019 3:18 PM CDT

Latest Tariff Threat Spooks Stock Market

Sell-off mostly impacts companies with heavy business interests in China

(Newser) - New jitters over the possibility of an escalation in the costly trade war between the US and China pulled stocks broadly lower, the AP reports. The sell-off, which eased toward the end of the day Monday, came a day after President Trump threatened to raise tariffs on goods from China....

Trump Tweets Send Stock Futures Tumbling

Dow could open 500 points in the red after president's criticism of trade talks with China

(Newser) - This might not be a good day to check on the 401k. American stock futures were down significantly ahead of the open, and markets in Europe and Asia dropped on new tension between the US and China, reports the Wall Street Journal . More specifically, investors appeared to be rattled after...

Jobs Report Lifts Markets to Strong Finish
Jobs Report Lifts
Markets to Strong Finish
MARKETS
May 3, 2019 3:13 PM CDT

Jobs Report Lifts Markets to Strong Finish

Dow rises nearly 200 points

(Newser) - Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Friday, erasing the market's losses from a day earlier and helping the S&P 500 to its second straight weekly gain. Investors welcomed the government's latest snapshot of US employment, which showed that job growth surged in April past economists' forecasts and...

Beyond Meat's IPO Was Beyond Successful

Share price more than doubled on first day

(Newser) - Investors have a big appetite for fake meat. The shares of Beyond Meat, the purveyor of plant-based burgers and sausages, more than doubled Thursday in its Nasdaq debut. It's the first pure-play maker of vegan "meat" to go public, according to Renaissance Capital, which researches and tracks IPOs....

Stocks Fall Along With Price of Oil
Stocks Fall
Along With
Price of Oil
MARKETS
May 2, 2019 3:16 PM CDT

Stocks Fall Along With Price of Oil

Dow ends day down 122

(Newser) - Stocks are closing broadly lower Thursday after energy shares sank with the price of oil and some big technology and media names also tallied losses, the AP reports. The price of oil fell 2.8% to $61.81. Marathon Oil dropped 6.1%; the company reported revenue that fell short...

Stocks Give Up Early Gain, Close Lower
Stocks Give Up
Early Gain, Close Lower
MARKETS
May 1, 2019 3:16 PM CDT

Stocks Give Up Early Gain, Close Lower

Dow ends day down 162

(Newser) - Stocks gave up some early gains and ended broadly lower after the head of the Federal Reserve appeared to play down the possibility of an interest rate cut this year, something some investors had been hoping for, the AP reports. Energy companies and retailers fell more than the rest of...

Another Record Close for S&amp;P 500
Another Record Close
for S&P 500
MARKETS
Apr 30, 2019 3:18 PM CDT

Another Record Close for S&P 500

Despite meager gains

(Newser) - Stocks managed to post meager gains on Wall Street, enough to notch another record closing high for the S&P 500 index, the AP reports. Major indexes spent much of the day wobbling or lower on Tuesday, and the S&P 500 edged up in the last few minutes of...

US Stock Indexes End Slightly Higher
US Stock Indexes
End Slightly Higher
MARKETS
Apr 29, 2019 3:20 PM CDT

US Stock Indexes End Slightly Higher

Dow edges up 11 points

(Newser) - Stocks eked out modest gains on Wall Street, enough to push the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes a bit further into record territory, the AP reports. Banks and communications companies did the best Monday, offsetting weakness in retailers and high-dividend companies like real estate and utilities. Bank of America...

Stocks Rise Into Record Territory on GDP Report
Stocks Rise Into Record
Territory on GDP Report
MARKETS
Apr 26, 2019 3:19 PM CDT

Stocks Rise Into Record Territory on GDP Report

Dow gains 81

(Newser) - Stocks closed at a fresh all-time high on Wall Street Friday, as investors weighed a report showing solid US economic growth, per the AP . Gains in financial, health care, and other sectors offset losses in energy companies as the price of US crude oil slumped for the third straight day....

Dow Ends Day Down 134
Dow Ends Day Down 134
MARKETS
Apr 25, 2019 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Down 134

3M leads declines in industrial stocks

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes ended mostly lower on Wall Street, dragged down by losses in several industrial companies, the AP reports. 3M, which makes Post-it notes and many other products, plunged 12.9% in heavy trading after announcing weak results and a restructuring program. It was the biggest loss for...

Stocks Edge Lower on Wall Street
Stocks Edge Lower
on Wall Street
MARKETS
Apr 24, 2019 3:18 PM CDT

Stocks Edge Lower on Wall Street

A day after setting records

(Newser) - Stocks gave up an early gain and drifted mostly lower on Wall Street as investors continue digesting a steady flow of corporate earnings, the AP reports. Energy and communications companies took some of the biggest losses Wednesday. Exxon Mobil lost 1.9% and AT&T fell 4.1%. Bond prices...

S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq Close at Record Highs
S&P 500, Nasdaq
Close at Record Highs
MARKETS
Apr 23, 2019 3:16 PM CDT

S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at Record Highs

S&P 500 recoups all the ground it lost last year

(Newser) - The S&P 500 index is closing at a record high, surpassing the peak it set last September and recouping all the ground it lost in a nosedive late last year. The Nasdaq index also closed at a record high Tuesday, the AP reports. The market has risen sharply since...

Dow Ends Day Down 48
Dow Ends Day Down 48
MARKETS
Apr 22, 2019 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Down 48

Stocks close mostly lower

(Newser) - Stocks closed mostly lower on Wall Street, but energy companies rose sharply as the price of crude oil shot higher, the AP reports. Real estate and industrial companies as well as banks fell broadly on Monday. Simon Property Group lost 2.4% and Boeing fell 1.3%. The price of...

Dow Ends Day Up 110
Dow Ends Day Up 110
MARKETS
Apr 18, 2019 3:11 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Up 110

Trading week is shortened due to the holiday

(Newser) - Major US indexes managed small gains on Wall Street but not enough to prevent a losing week for the S&P 500 following three weeks of gains, the AP reports. Industrial companies rose Thursday as traders welcomed solid earnings from Snap-on, Honeywell and Union Pacific. Financial and energy stocks fell....

Investors Hammer Health Care Companies
Health Care Gets Hammered
markets
Apr 17, 2019 3:16 PM CDT

Health Care Gets Hammered

Possible congressional reforms spark fears on Wall Street

(Newser) - Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Wednesday as losses by health care companies outweigh gains elsewhere in the market, the AP reports. Investors hammered insurers amid fears over the potential impact on their profits from health reforms being discussed in Congress. Anthem fell 3.6%, Cigna lost 3.7%,...

Bank, Tech Stocks Give Markets a Lift
Bank, Tech Stocks
Give Markets a Lift
MARKETS
Apr 16, 2019 3:17 PM CDT

Bank, Tech Stocks Give Markets a Lift

Dow rises 67 points

(Newser) - Stocks edged higher on Wall Street Tuesday, erasing the market's modest losses from a day earlier. Banks and technology companies rose the most, while health care stocks closed broadly lower. The S&P 500 index edged up 1 point, or 0.1%, to 2,907, per the AP . The...

S&amp;P Has Just Third Loss in 3 Weeks
S&P Has Just Third
Loss in 3 Weeks
Apr 15, 2019 3:18 PM CDT

S&P Has Just Third Loss in 3 Weeks

Dow slips 27

(Newser) - Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Monday as falling bank stocks led the S&P 500 to just its third loss in the last three weeks. Goldman Sachs and Citigroup each said their stock trading businesses struggled in the first quarter. Goldman fell 3.8% while Citi shares dropped 0....

Banks Lift Stocks as S&amp;P 500 Nears Record
Banks Lift Stocks as
S&P 500 Nears Record
MARKETS
Apr 12, 2019 3:26 PM CDT

Banks Lift Stocks as S&P 500 Nears Record

Disney takes off after announcement

(Newser) - Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 index its third weekly gain in a row and putting it within reach of the record high it hit last September, the AP reports. Banks led the gains Friday after JPMorgan Chase reported a strong quarter, helped by...

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