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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks clung to strong gains on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve repeated its promise to leave interest rates on hold until at least late 2014 while giving few clues into whether it might supply additional stimulus later this ye…

* IBM (NYSE: IBM – news) leads Dow (NYSE: DPD – news) in regular session, falls after hours
* Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL – news) jumps 5.1 pct after five days of losses
* Dow up 1.5 pct…

company’s market value briefly above $600 billion last week.
After Monday’s decline, its market value was about $541 billion.
Moreover, Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL – news) is the largest stock in the Nasdaq Composite (Nasdaq: ^IXIC – news)
Index and the …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose in light volume on Friday, buoyed by rising energy and basic materials shares, as the S&P 500 kept showing resilience even as it posted its second negative week so far this year.
The benchmark S&P …

Europe (Chicago Options: ^REURUSD – news) ‘s main stock markets were muted on Monday ahead of a meeting by EU finance ministers to sign off Greece’s new bailout, while traders also digested weak data from Italy and China.London’s benchmark FTSE 100 (…

European stocks and the euro turned positive on Wednesday, staunching sharp losses seen a day earlier on equity markets as investors did a bit of bargain shopping.In London, the FTSE 100 (Euronext: VFTSE.NX – news) index of leading shares ended the …

US stocks registered their biggest losses of the year Tuesday amid worries about a looming Greek debt swap and slowing growth in the global economy.The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 204.57 points (1.58 percent) to 12,758.24 in closing trade.The…

US stocks closed higher Monday pulled up by banking shares, with the Dow (NYSE: DPD – news) ending just a few ticks below the 13,000 level last seen in May 2008.The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 10.29 points (0.08 percent) at 12,993.24.Th…

US stocks reversed early losses and mostly ended in the black Thursday helped by data showing solid improvement in the US jobs market in December.The broad-based S&P 500 (SNP: ^GSPC – news) closed up 3.76 points (0.29 percent) to 1,281.06, while…

European stock markets closed lower and the euro fell Wednesday as concerns over the eurozone debt crisis once again unsettled investors after sharp recent gains.Dealers said a subdued German government bond sale and continued weakness in the eurozone…

US stocks were mixed Tuesday as strong consumer confidence figures were offset by a drop in Sears shares after it announced sweeping store closures, citing bad holiday sales.After a strong finish last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 2…

European stocks ended mixed on Tuesday in quiet holiday week trade, with Paris’ CAC 40 (Paris: ^FCHI – news) ending flat at 3,103.11 points while in Frankfurt the DAX 30 (Xetra: ^GDAXI – news) added 0.18 percent to 5,889.76 points.London, Europe …

European shares and the euro were higher on Thursday, as investors digested a successful Spanish bond issue which calmed nerves over the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.Dealers said sentiment got a boost from the latest eurozone manufacturing and servi…

US stocks gave up early gains in late trade Tuesday after the IMF (Berlin: MXG1.BE – news) warned Greece’s economy was facing deep risks and the Federal Reserve refrained from providing any new spark for the economy.The Dow Jones Industrial Average …

European shares mostly slid lower on Tuesday and the euro hit a one-week dollar low after an S&P warning of a eurozone downgrade overshadowed news of a Franco-German plan to save the single currency.The shock S&P announcement came as European …

European shares rallied on Friday, boosted by optimism over a solution to the eurozone debt crisis at next week’s EU summit and a surprise drop in the US jobless rate, capping a week of sharp gains.London’s FTSE-100 index of top companies gained 1.15 p…

US stock markets closed mostly lower Thursday as investors digested a flood of economic data a day after a huge rally sparked by coordinated central bank action against the eurozone crisis.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 25.65 points (0.21 percen…

European shares slid on Thursday, giving up some of the stellar gains after top central banks pumped dollar liquidity into the banking system to avert a global financial crisis.London’s FTSE 100 (Euronext: VFTSE.NX – news) index of top companies dipped…

SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) The S&P (SNP: ^GSPC) is only
trading 8.5% below its May recovery high. Considering everything
that’s going on – especially in Europe – that’s quite astonishing.
The Dow (DJI: ^DJI) is only 6.2% …

Stocks fell on Wednesday as traders jumped to sell in a hair-trigger reaction to reports underscoring that Europe remains far from a solution to its debt crisis.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI dropped 71.90 points, or 0.62 perce…