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A midday rally fades as sporting goods stocks are penalized
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped in the final minutes of trading Friday and ended a rough week with more losses. Bad news from sporting goods retailers weighed on the market. A day before, stocks had taken their biggest loss in three months. T...
By US stocks snap 3-day losing streak in roller coaster week
Gains among technology companies helped snap a three-day losing streak for U.S. stocks Friday, though the market ended with its worst weekly loss since March. The modest rebound came at the end of a turbulent week on Wall Street as escalating...
TCT fiber project nearing completion
HAMILTON DOME — TCT’s construction crew has completed the main fiber construction portion of their Owl Creek serving area fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) project near Hamilton Dome. They are now in the process of placing drops to the residents. Running a f...
US stocks edge higher; bond yields fall following Fed
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes inched further into record territory Wednesday after AT&T, Boeing and others joined the parade of big companies reporting stronger profits than analysts expected. Stocks that pay big dividends were particularly stro...
US stock indexes mixed ahead of busy earnings week
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks mostly fell on Monday, and broad-market indexes inched modestly backward at the start of a busy week of corporate earnings reports and a meeting of the Federal Reserve. Technology stocks, though, added to their big gains for t...
Modest gains push US stocks indexes to record highs
(AP) — Gains by big technology and health care companies pushed U.S. stocks modestly higher Friday, lifting several major indexes to new highs. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, Dow Jones industrial average and Russell 2000 index of sma...
Energy companies lead US stock indexes mostly higher
(AP) — Another day of listless trading on Wall Street ended Tuesday with the major stock indexes closing out having shifted marginally from the day before. Gains in energy and technology companies were canceled out by losses among banks, phone c...
Stocks held back by slumps for energy, auto parts companies
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes were mixed Wednesday as energy companies skidded along with oil prices, but technology stocks rose and reversed a portion of their recent losses. After O’Reilly Automotive reported weak sales growth in the sec...
Gains for energy companies and banks boost stock indexes
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Monday as banks continued to climb along with interest rates, and energy companies rallied again with oil prices. Better-than-expected auto sales and a strong report on U.S. factories also boosted stocks. Energy c...
Industrial companies lead US stock indexes mostly higher
Wall Street closed out the final day of the second quarter with slight gains after a broad rally faded in the last few minutes of trading Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index eked out tiny gains, while the N...
Energy stocks dive anew, offset tech gains; US indexes mixed
NEW YORK (AP) — Energy stocks dove again on Wednesday as oil dropped to its lowest price since last summer, extending their dismal start to the year. Gains for health care and technology stocks helped hem in losses for broader market indexes. The S...
With tech giants back in charge, stocks hit records again
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple and other big-name technology stocks got back to their winning ways Monday and helped drive U.S. indexes once again to record heights. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 20.31 points, or 0.8 percent, to 2,453.46 and sur...
Stocks slip as investors seek safety after weak sales data
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks dipped Wednesday as investors worried about weak retail sales and oil prices sank. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the third time in six months. The Commerce Department said retail spending decreased in M...
Dow, Russell 2000 hit new highs; uneven finish for US stocks
(AP) — Wall Street turned in an uneven finish Friday as investors unloaded their technology company shares in favor of energy and financial stocks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite, which has outpaced gains by other U.S. stock indexes this year, f...
Modest gains, led by banks, push US stock indexes higher
AP — Financial companies led U.S. stock indexes higher Thursday, nudging the Nasdaq composite index to a record high. The latest gains came as the stock market continued to trade mostly in a narrow range in the absence of major new economic data a...
More records, barely, as stocks rise for 7th day
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks made the tiniest of gains Friday as media companies and sellers of beauty products and food ticked higher. Major indexes added to their winning streak and record highs. Stocks spent the day flipping back and forth b...
US stocks extend gains to a 5th day as tech companies rise
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose for the fifth consecutive day Wednesday as investors went on a late buying spree. The gains came after news that the Federal Reserve plans to start reducing its huge portfolio of bonds. The Standard & Poor’s 500 ind...
Stocks bounce back as technology and defense companies climb
NEW YORK (AP) — Strong gains for technology companies like software and chip makers helped lead U.S. stocks higher Monday. Defense contractors also climbed as the market continued to bounce back from a bout of turbulence last week. Stocks rose for t...
Oil's well: Rising energy stocks help send S&P 500 to record
NEW YORK (AP) — A spurt in oil prices on Monday revived energy stocks, which have been among the year’s worst performers, and helped push the broader market back to record highs. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index climbed 11.42 points, or 0.5 perce...
US stocks rise as energy companies rally with oil prices
NEW YORK (AP) — Energy companies jumped with the price of oil Wednesday, but overall, stocks finished only slightly higher as a quiet week of trading continued. The price of U.S. crude oil jumped 3 percent as fuel stockpiles kept shrinking, and t...
Stocks scuffle as slowing auto sales worry Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — Despite strong results from industrial companies, U.S. stocks couldn’t get any momentum going Tuesday after car makers said their sales are shrinking. Engine maker Cummins sent manufacturers and other industrial companies higher aft...
Nudge higher for US stocks enough to push Nasdaq to a record
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes fluttered up and down Thursday, then ended the day a hair above where they started. The slight gains were enough to nudge the Nasdaq composite to another record and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to within a whi...
Healthy profits push stocks higher yet; Nasdaq crosses 6,000
NEW YORK (AP) — Profits are climbing for companies, and so are their stock prices. More big businesses joined the earnings parade Tuesday, saying their profits were even larger in the first three months of the year than analysts were expecting, i...
Magnifique: Investors applaud French vote with stock rally
NEW YORK (AP) — Vive le rally. U.S. stocks joined a worldwide surge higher Monday after the first round of France’s presidential election raised expectations that the European Union will hold together. A candidate seen as pro-business won the mos...
US stocks rally again as banks and industrial companies rise
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Thursday as industrial companies, banks, technology and materials firms and energy companies all rallied. A strong day of corporate results left investors feeling better about the economy. For more than a week i...
