Stocks finish lower on mixed earnings
Stocks closed lower Wednesday as mixed earnings reports knocked markets away from record levels. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 54.33 points, or 0.4%,...
Stocks jump on stimulus extension likelihood
Stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, with thinking disappointing jobs growth in September would prolong central-bank stimulus lifting the S&P 500 to another record. Hitting...
Stocks steady; Nasdaq rises for fourth day
Stocks finished little changed on Monday, with the S&P 500 pausing from its record climb and the Nasdaq extending gains into a fourth session,...
Stocks end with weekly gain; S&P at record
Stocks rose Friday, with the S&P 500 index closing at a record for a second session and posting its best weekly gain since mid-July,...
Stocks climb; S&P 500 hits record high
Stocks ended mostly higher on Thursday, lifting the S&P 500 to a record finish, as Wall Street turned from the latest fiscal drama on...
Stocks jump as end seen to fiscal drama
Stocks surged on Wednesday, lifting the S&P 500 near its record, as the Senate reached an agreement to reopen the government and raise the...
Stocks drop on diminished hope for debt deal
Stocks declined, halting a four-session winning run by the Dow and the S&P 500, as hopes for averting a government default diminished. The Dow...
Stocks close higher on hope for fiscal deal
Stocks climbed on Monday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 index extending gains into a fourth session, as lawmakers appeared to be inching...
Stocks rise on hopes for budget deal
Stocks climbed on Friday, adding to Wall Street’s largest single-day percentage gain since Jan. 2, after the AP reported House Republicans were proposing a...
Stocks rally in embracing GOP’s temporary fix
Stocks jumped on Thursday, with the Dow industrials tallying their best session this year, after House Republican leaders proposed a temporary fix to the...
Stocks mostly ahead on Washington talks
Stocks mostly gained on Wednesday, with the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 rebounding after a two-day hit, amid talks to end the partial...
Stocks finish near lows as shutdown drags on
Stocks closed lower Tuesday near fresh session lows, as the partial government shutdown entered its eighth day with no clear end in sight. The...
Stocks drop as debt-ceiling deadline looms
Stocks declined on Monday, with the S&P 500 index closing at a four-week low, as a stalemate on Capitol Hill over preventing a government...
Stocks end higher Friday, but mostly down for week
Stocks stepped higher Friday but closed mostly lower for the week, as investors stayed sensitive to news about the government shutdown. The S&P rose...
Shutdown tamps down Wall Street results
A third day of reduced federal government activity took a toll on stock trading, but results in the broadcast sector were kind of mixed....