Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Stocks rise as cliff watch continues

Stocks climbed modestly Thursday, with an optimistic forecast from Broadcom Corp. bolstering technology shares as investors watched fiscal-cliff negotiations. Up 0.4% for the week...

Stocks end mostly higher on hopes for cliff deal

Stocks finished mostly higher on Wednesday as Wall Street applauded what appeared to be a softening of stances in talks to avert the fiscal...

Stocks mildly lower for second day of losses

Stocks finished slightly lower on Tuesday, as Wall Street adopted a wait-and-see approach to political wrangling over averting steep tax hikes and spending cuts...

Stocks fall on manufacturing, cliff haggling

Stocks closed lower Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ending a three-day winning streak, after an unexpected downturn in manufacturing data and continued...

Nasdaq scores best November since 2009

Stocks ended little changed on Friday, with the Nasdaq recording its first positive November since 2009 as lawmakers wrangled over a budget deal. Up...

Stocks end higher, with Dow now up on the week

Stocks on Thursday finished with a second day of gains as investors continued to bank on at least a short-term fix to avoid the...

Stocks end sharply higher on hopes for budget deal

Stocks rose sharply Wednesday, lifting the S&P 500 back into the green for the week, after comments by President Barack Obama and House Speaker...

Stocks end lower on fiscal-cliff jitters

Stocks finished lower on Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said little progress has been made in talks aimed at averting the so-called...

Stocks end mostly lower

Stocks ended mostly lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 index dropping 2.86 points, or 0.2%, to 1,406.29 and ending a five-session winning streak....

Stocks rally, posting strong weekly gains

Stocks ended higher on Friday and posted strong weekly gains, as encouraging economic reports from Germany and China buoyed the mood on Wall Street....

Stock indexes finish at two-week highs

Stocks on Wednesday climbed to two-week highs after a cease-fire deal was reported in the Gaza Strip, with the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq...

Dow down slightly for the day

Stocks on Tuesday closed nearly unchanged after a two-session rise as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke urged lawmakers to reach a budget agreement and end...

Stocks rally the most since early September

Stocks surged Monday as increased confidence that a U.S. budget deal would be reached helped lift Wall Street to its best session in more...

Stocks finish with daily gains, weekly losses

Stocks on Friday finished down on the week but up for the day after House Speaker John Boehner termed opening budget discussions at the...

Stocks finish lower on Sandy data, cliff woes

U.S. stocks pared losses in the final hour of trading but finished lower Thursday, pressured by economic data following superstorm Sandy and the looming...