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Futures edge higher ahead of Jackson Hole meeting, data
August 21st, 2014
U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, ahead of a flurry of economic data and the start of the meeting of top central bankers and economists in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Policymakers are due to discuss the labor markets ...
Wall St ends up for second day on hopes for Russia relief
August 12th, 2014
U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, extending the rally from Friday as investors hoped that Russia’s move to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine would ease tensions between the two countries. Earlier in the day, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen ...
Markets fell for July, but Analysts Are Upbeat
August 1st, 2014
The stock market remarked the sharpest decline in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index since April for the month of July, while the Dow Jones industrial index dropped more than 300 points, eliminating all of its gains for the ...
Stocks tumble at the open a day after Argentina defaults
July 31st, 2014
Stocks tumbled at the open Thursday as bond yields spiked and global markets took a tumble a day after Argentina defaulted on its debt. A breakdown in talks between Argentina and U.S. creditors late Wednesday sent the country plunging ...
The S&P 500 becomes S&P 502
July 31st, 2014
S&P 502. It just doesn’t found right. Yet, another unorthodox dividend is causing the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 index to balloon to include 502 stocks. Media firm Discovery Communications is paying investors one share of its Class C ...
Earnings lift Wall Street slightly at open
July 29th, 2014
U.S. stocks rose slightly at the open on Tuesday following better-than-expected results from companies such as Pfizer and Merck and ahead of data on consumer sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 24.25 points or 0.14 percent, to 17,006.84, ...
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Are Little Changed Before FOMC
July 29th, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures were little changed, as investors weighed company earnings and the Federal Reserve starts a two-day policy meeting. Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) sank 11 percent in early New York trading after posting quarterly earnings that missed estimates. Aetna ...
Shares, dollar steady ahead of key U.S. data, Fed meeting
July 29th, 2014
World stock markets remained almost unchanged on Monday while the U.S. dollar traded mostly flat against a basket of major currencies ahead of key U.S. economic reports and events this week. Wall Street ended flat as the latest deal ...
U.S. Stocks Rise as Apple Rallies With Health-Care Shares
July 23rd, 2014
U.S. stocks roes, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index at an all-time high, as Apple Inc. results boosted technology companies and health-care shares rallied amid earnings. Apple surged to the highest since 2012 after signaling the long wait ...
Stock futures tick up on earnings, world conflicts eyed
July 23rd, 2014
U.S. stock index futures edged up on Wednesday, boosted by bullish earnings from companies like Microsoft and Boeing, though conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip weighed on investor confidence. Microsoft (MSFT.O) shares rose 2.4 percent in premarket trading ...
