Stocks slammed on fiscal-cliff fears
Stocks dived on Wednesday — the worst day of the year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average — as anxiety about the “fiscal cliff”...
Stocks end sharply higher on Election Day
Stocks rallied on Election Day, as Wall Street embraced the notion Tuesday that the uncertainty that came with the presidential campaign soon would be...
Stocks end higher ahead of election
Stocks ended with modest gains on Monday, with investors reluctant to make major moves ahead of the presidential election. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Stocks fall on payrolls, election uncertainty
Stocks ended lower on Friday, after an initial cheer for better-than-expected U.S. employment data quickly turned to setting up for the presidential election coming...
Stocks end 1% higher on upbeat data
Stocks rose on Thursday after a string of positive U.S. reports provided some optimism that the economic recovery is still underway. The S&P 500...
Stocks close out weak month with a whimper
Stocks ended a weak month on a mixed note Wednesday as the markets reopened following a two-day closure due to Hurricane Sandy. The Dow...
Stocks, oil pare weekly losses
Riskier assets like stocks and commodities were dragged down a bit on Friday by a slowdown in South Korea, rising unemployment in Spain, concerns...
Stocks rise modestly on economic data
Stocks on Wall Street rose modestly Thursday as data from the U.S. and abroad cast a more favorable light on the global economy. The...
Stock indexes add to Tuesday’s fall
Stocks fell modestly Wednesday, extending losses that had Wall Street slammed the prior session, as quarterly earnings had investors taking a cautious stance. The...
Stocks slammed by weaker earnings
Stocks declined sharply on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq closing below 3,000 for the first time since early August, as weaker quarterly earnings weighed. The...
Stocks end up after late-session rebound
In a late-session turnaround, the stock market erased losses to end marginally higher Monday, with the technology sector posting the biggest gains as investors...
Stocks nailed by disappointing earnings
Stocks fell sharply Friday, with the major indexes posting their worst single-day hit since June, as earnings from heavy hitters, particularly from the tech...
Stocks finish lower as Google profit disappoints
Stocks on Thursday finished lower for the first session this week after Google's profit miss highlighted trouble in the tech sector. The Dow Jones...
Stocks barely budge as earnings roll in
Stocks closed little changed Wednesday, as investors took in new housing data and another batch of corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was...
Dow logs biggest gain since 9/13
Stocks climbed Tuesday, with the Dow industrials scoring their first triple-digit gain since Sept. 13 to close at their highest level in just over...