Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Stocks fall as Fed moves pondered

Stocks fell sharply Wednesday, with Wall Street giving back much of the prior day's rally, as investors considered when the Federal Reserve would begin...

Dow hits record on positive economic reports

Stocks climbed on Tuesday, bouncing back from last week's losses after data showed consumer confidence rising in May and the real-estate market picking up...

Stocks halt four-week run of gains

Stocks ended slightly lower Friday--though blue-chips squeaked out a mild gain--and broke a four-week winning streak as anticipation of the end to the Fed's...

Stocks end modestly lower

Socks fell modestly on Thursday, but finished well off their lowest intraday levels after upbeat U.S. economic reports and gains for Hewlett-Packard countered worries...

Stocks close sharply lower on Fed comments

Stocks ended a choppy Wednesday session sharply lower after comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and minutes from the Fed's latest rate-setting meeting...

Stocks close higher on Fed comments

Stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 hitting record highs, after comments from two Federal Reserve officials suggested that the...

Stocks finish lower after hitting early highs

Stocks finished slightly lower Monday after many reached new all-time highs early in the session, only to retreat near intraday lows soon after. The...

Stocks notch records, fourth week of gains

Stocks on Friday advanced to a fourth weekly gain, with both the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 rising to all-time records, after data...

Stocks halt record run on Fed talk

Stocks fell Thursday afternoon after Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said Fed bond purchases could be cut if the economy...

Stocks up to extend record run

Stocks rose Wednesday, with hopes for ongoing central-bank stimulus bolstering sentiment amid economic reports illustrating a contraction in manufacturing. After starting the session in...

Stocks rally to break more records

Stocks on Tuesday rallied to another record-breaking close as Wall Street embraced the view of a still-improving economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose...

Dow drops; S&P 500 edges up to record high

Stocks finished little changed on Monday as investors mulled when the Fed may begin to scale back its $85-billion-a-month bond-buying program. The S&P finished...

Stocks score third weekly rise; Dow at record

Stocks rose modestly Friday as Wall Street racked up a third week of gains while considering global monetary easing and as finance ministers started...

Stocks end lower, halting record-setting run

Stocks ended moderately lower on Thursday, halting Wall Street's record-setting streak, even as data showed that weekly jobless claims fell to a five-year low....

Stocks notch record closes for Dow, S&P 500

Stocks climbed Wednesday, with both the Dow industrials and S&P 500 hitting record closes, the Dow for a second straight session and the S&P...