Happy Friday the 13th! Let’s cut to the chase: here are three things you need to know ahead of the last trading day of the week. Superstition be damned, today is all about hope over experience in Europe where the German DAX (^GDAXI) hit record highs and punched over 11,000 for the first time ever. Read More
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By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Friday, with gains in the prior session having moved the S&P 500 to within 2 points of a closing record, after upbeat economic data from Germany and ahead of a reading on U.S. consumer confidence. * Germany grew 0.7 percent in Read More
Enough of all the negative chatter, Jim Cramer would rather take a look at the stocks that are actually working right now. These are the stocks behind the Dow (Dow Jones Global Indexes: .DJI) closing right on the brink of 18,000 and NASDAQ (NASDAQ: .IXIC) hitting a 15 year high on Thursday. One stock that Read More
Enough of all the negative chatter—Jim Cramer would rather take a look at the stocks that are actually working right now. These are the stocks behind the Dow (.DJI) closing right on the brink of 18,000 and NASDAQ (.IXIC) hitting a 15-year high on Thursday. Especially one like Skechers that has Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks ended sharply higher on Thursday, with a rally in technology stocks leading the Nasdaq to a 15-year high, helping to offset the impact of some tepid economic data. The Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI) rose 106.9 points, or 0.6 percent, to 17,969.04, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 19.69 points, or Read More
U.S. stocks traded higher on Thursday as investors cheered a cease-fire agreement between Russia and Ukraine and firming oil prices. “I think the market is taking its cue off Putin’s announcement of a cease-fire agreement,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. He also expected a compromise to come out of Greece Read More
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – A ceasefire between Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces and surprisingly aggressive stimulus from Sweden’s central bank injected optimism into global equity markets, which had been numbed by a stalemate in Greek debt negotiations. U.S. Treasury prices rose as data showed U.S. consumer spending barely rose in January and Read More
The livestream is finished. Video on demand will be available soon. Stocks were moving higher at midday Thursday. The Nasdaq (^IXIC) hit a fresh all-time high and the S&P 500 (^GSPC) hit a new high for 2015. The Dow (^DJI) was also higher. Investors reacted to a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine, and shrugged off Read More
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – A ceasefire between Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces and surprisingly aggressive stimulus from Sweden’s central bank injected optimism into global equity markets, which had been numbed by a stalemate over Greece debt negotiations. U.S. Treasury prices pulled up from overnight lows on data showing U.S. consumer spending barely Read More
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were poised to open higher on Thursday, following a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine and surprising stimulus measures by Sweden’s central bank, although soft economic data may keep gains in check. Leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed a deal to end fighting in Read More