Stocks finish with small gains, trim weekly losses
Stocks closed higher on Friday after the main benchmarks picked up steam in late afternoon, trimming weekly losses. The S&P closed up 2.89 points,...
Stocks end lower; Europe worries resurface
Stocks fell, but ended well off the day’s lows, as a decision by one of Portugal’s biggest banks to delay a debt payment reminded...
Stocks close higher following Fed minutes
Stocks closed modestly higher on Wednesday after the FOMC minutes revealed that policy-makers decided to end the Fed’s bond purchases by October if the...
Stocks fall; momentum plays hit hard
So-called momentum plays led a selloff in U.S. stocks on Tuesday that pulled the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 further from record...
Stocks end lower; biotech, internet stocks sell off
Stock markets on Monday gave up some of last week’s gains that sent the Dow above 17,000 for the first time. Investors took a...
Dow, S&P set new records in strong week for stocks
The S&P and Dow closed at record levels in a holiday-shortened week, fueled by a jobs report that was far stronger than expected but...
Stocks edge up to records again
Stocks mostly inched higher Wednesday, building slightly on the prior day’s sizeable advance, as a better-than-expected report on private-sector hiring underscored the economy’s recent...
S&P 500, Dow set fresh records
The S&P 500 and the Dow closed at record levels, led by gains in the health-care, tech and consumer discretionary sectors. Economic data continued...
Stocks end strong quarter on sour note
Stocks ended June and Q2 higher, even as the broader market closed marginally lower on Monday. The S&P 500 recorded the fifth consecutive month...
Stocks reverse losses, end higher
A late-afternoon rally on Wall Street sent U.S. stocks into positive territory on Friday. The main benchmarks closed with modest gains; however the S&P...
Stock losses capped by late afternoon surge
Stocks staged a rebound in the afternoon session, paring most of the losses. However, stocks still ended the day slightly lower. A selloff in...
Stocks end higher as S&P 500, Dow end 2-day skid
Stocks finished higher Wednesday, recovering from a weak revision of first-quarter economic performance, as media stocks got a lift from the SCOTUS Aereo ruling...
Dow falls most in more than a month
News reports of cross-border airstrikes in Iraq triggered a late afternoon selloff on Wall Street, sending U.S. stocks sharply lower on Tuesday. The Dow...
Stocks break 6-day win streak
Stocks ended Monday's session marginally lower, with the S&P and Dow pausing after six straight days of modest gains. Still, the main benchmarks were...
S&P, Dow set record highs
Stocks ended another up week on a record-breaking note, with the S&P and Dow closing at all-time highs and the Nasdaq ending at its...