Stocks gain for week; Apple drags on Nasdaq
Stocks finished mixed on Friday, but posted weekly gains, as enthusiasm over a drop in the unemployment rate gave way to caution ahead of...
Stocks climb on economic reports
Stocks rose on Thursday, with the S&P 500 index gaining for a fourth day, after weekly data offered a positive read on the labor...
Dow settles off session highs; S&P 500 up
Blue-chip stocks closed higher Wednesday, with modest gains following upbeat data on private-sector job growth and activity in the services sector. The Dow Jones...
Blue-chip stocks close lower; Nasdaq gains
Blue-chip stocks finished lower Tuesday, though off the session's weakest level, as the Nasdaq Composite scored a modest gain to end a two-session losing...
Stocks finish mostly higher; Nasdaq falls
Stocks closed mostly higher Monday, buoyed by better-than-expected data on manufacturing as traders digested Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on monetary policy, but the...
Stock indexes close strong month and quarter
Stocks fell Friday as an unexpected contraction in a gauge of business activity in the Midwest had Wall Street cutting still-sizeable third quarter and...
Stocks rally on Spain and U.S. jobs picture
Stocks rose sharply Thursday, with the S&P 500 index rebounding after a five-session losing spell, after Spain detailed an austerity plan that focuses on...
Stocks fall, S&P 500 still on losing streak
Stocks fell Wednesday, with the S&P 500 Index sealing a fifth day of losses, its longest such streak since July, as austerity unrest in...
Stocks end sharply lower; technology hardest hit
Stocks tumbled Tuesday as investors fretted the limits of the Fed's monetary policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 101.37 points, or 0.8%, to...
Stocks fall as Europe progress stalls
Stocks were mostly lower Monday, with the S&P 500 extending losses into a third session, as European leaders differed over how to confront the...
Stocks end with weekly losses first week in three
Stocks finished nearly unchanged on Friday to give the benchmark indexes their first weekly drop for September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 17...
S&P 500, Nasdaq indexes end lower; Dow up slightly
Stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average turning up late in the session to end at 13,596.93, up 18.97 points,...
Stocks end higher over upbeat housing data
Stocks finished higher Wednesday, buoyed by strength in shares of home builders after data on home sales came in better than expected. The Dow...
Dow edges up; S&P 500 retreats for second day
Most stocks slipped for a second day with the Dow industrials posting a fractional gain Tuesday as a gauge of home-builder sentiment showed improvement...
Stocks fall for first session in five
Stocks ended lower Monday for the first session in five as investors paused after a recent win streak lifted the indexes to multiyear highs....