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Led by banks, stocks jump after strong report from China
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks bounced back from recent losses Monday after the Chinese government said that country’s economy grew at a slightly faster pace in the first quarter. Banks jumped as interest rates recovered. After losses in three of the la...
By US stock indexes post modest losses; bond yields slump
Industrial and materials companies led U.S. stocks modestly lower Wednesday on another day of subdued trading ahead of the long Easter holiday weekend. The slide marked the second decline in a row for the stock market, extending its losses for the...
Stocks tread water as energy companies rise and banks fall
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks hardly moved Tuesday as investors were slow to dip a toe back into the market, although energy companies did climb with the price of oil and natural gas. Banks and retailers took losses. Stock indexes flickered between t...
US stock indexes pull back from record highs; Oil falls
Banks and other financial companies led a slide in U.S. stocks Thursday, erasing some of the gains from a day earlier, when indexes soared to their latest record highs. Materials and industrials companies also fell sharply. Energy stocks declined...
Deal hunger sends food stocks higher; US indexes at records
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks again broke records Tuesday as investors came back from a long weekend hungry for deals. While Kraft Heinz and Unilever couldn’t complete a proposed $143 billion mega-merger, food and household goods makers rose as investors be...
World stocks mostly rise; US remains shut for holiday
HONG KONG (AP) — Global stocks mostly rose Monday, though Wall Street remained shut for a holiday, as investors awaited key reports this week, including economic data, corporate earnings and minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting. KEE...
Stocks inch to new records; S&P 500 up 4 straight weeks
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes inched ahead to record highs Friday, barely, after a late-afternoon push erased losses from earlier in the day. It caps the fourth straight week of gains for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, its longest such streak sin...
Take a breath: Stocks slow down after a record-setting run
NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dipped Thursday to break a seven-day winning streak, its longest in three and a half years, though it remains a nudge away from its record high. It was part of a pause for stock markets around the wor...
Strong company earnings drive US stock indexes to new highs
(AP) — Strong company earnings put investors in a buying mood Thursday, lifting the major U.S. stock indexes to record highs. Banks and other financial companies led the rally as bond yields rose. Energy also notched big gains as crude oil prices ros...
US stocks close lower, snap S&P 500's 3-day winning streak
AP — Energy companies led U.S. stocks slightly lower Monday as the price of crude oil declined, snapping a three-day winning streak for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index. Phone company and real estate stocks were also among the big decliners. Tec...
Stocks battle to a mixed finish as drugmakers rally
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fought their way to a mixed finish Tuesday as drugmakers rallied, which mostly canceled out losses for industrial companies. Investors shifted their money to less risky investments for the second day in a row. For the s...
Drops for postelection winners drag stocks lower
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell Monday as investors grew nervous after President Donald Trump imposed a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. Energy companies, which have surged over the last year, took the biggest losses. Airlines s...
Dow Jones industrial average breaks through 20,000 milestone
The Dow Jones industrial average crossed the 20,000 mark for the first time Wednesday, the latest milestone in a record-setting drive for the stock market. Strong earnings from Boeing and other big companies helped push the Dow past the threshold...
US stock indexes close slightly lower; oil prices slide
Energy companies led U.S. stock indexes slightly lower Monday as the price of crude oil fell. Real estate, phone companies and other high-dividend stocks did better than the rest of the market as bond yields headed lower, making those sectors more...
Stocks edge higher, snapping a 5-day losing streak for Dow
(AP) — Materials companies led U.S. stocks modestly higher Friday, recouping much of the market’s loss from a day earlier and snapping a 5-day losing streak for the Dow Jones industrial average. Another crop of encouraging company earnings news hel...
Bad day for bank stocks
NEW YORK (AP) — A bad day for bank stocks pulled the Dow Jones industrial average to its third straight loss Tuesday as many of the patterns that have propelled markets since Election Day last year snapped into reverse. The Dow Jones industrial a...
Stock indexes near records as car makers and retailers rise
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Wednesday as investors bought shares of companies focused on consumers, including automakers and retailers. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index finished a single point below its all-time high. General Motors and For...
US stocks close mostly higher as Dow sets record high
It was perhaps the most surprising trade in a record-setting week on Wall Street: How quickly investors swapped presidential pre-election jitters for enthusiasm at Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton. That enthusiasm — call it the Trump ral...
US stocks mixed overall as Dow sets record high; oil slumps
Banks and other financial companies led U.S. stocks mostly higher Thursday, propelling the Dow Jones industrial average to a record high. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, a broader measure of the stock market, also eked out a gain, adding to a big r...
S&P 500 index marks its longest losing streak in 36 years
NEW YORK (AP) — The slow, steady retreat of the stock market ahead of the 2016 election continued Friday, with the market falling for a ninth straight day. Wall Street is now in its longest period of decline in more than three decades. Investors c...
Stocks struggle again as investors eye 2016 election
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks retreated for a seventh consecutive day on Wednesday, the market’s longest decline in five years, as investor worries about the U.S. presidential election continued to weigh on the market. A steep decline in oil prices als...
US indexes waver as traders use caution ahead of election
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were mostly unchanged on Monday, despite some positive economic data and a raft of big new merger announcements over the weekend. Hesitant traders continue to watch the day-to-day developments of the U.S. presidential e...
Stocks wilt after FBI inquiry into new Clinton emails
NEW YORK (AP) — A midday advance on the stock market wilted in afternoon trading Friday after the FBI notified Congress that it will investigate new emails linked to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The market had started out on a...
US stocks close mostly lower; eke out gain for the week
The major U.S. stock indexes closed mostly lower Friday, capping a day spent wavering between small gains and losses. Phone companies were the biggest drag on the market following reports that AT&T was considering a deal to acquire the media conglome...
US stock indexes close modestly lower as energy prices fall
Major U.S. stock indexes closed modestly lower Monday, with some of the biggest declines coming in oil and gas companies as energy prices turned lower. Companies that rely on consumer spending also lost ground. Utilities and telecom stocks, which...
