REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Stocks changed course and finished strong after Friday’s weak jobs report had sent futures tumbling into the holiday weekend. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 17,880.85 +117.61 (0.66%) S&P 500: 2,080.62 +13.66 (0.66%) Nasdaq: 4,917.32 +30.38 (0.62%) And now, the top stories on Monday: In economic data, Markit’s latest services PMI beat Read More
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While stock futures suggested a rough day for the Street ahead of the opening bell, trading in the actual session sent all three indices (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC) higher. Traders seems to be digesting Friday’s week jobs report and the bad news may have actually been good news – at least for investors hoping to punt Read More
Flickr/christianhaugen Stocks have turned green after futures tanked on the weak jobs report released Friday. Near 10:31 a.m. ET, the Dow was up 97 points, the S&P 500 was up 11 points, and the Nasdaq was up 23 points. Dow futures shaved over 160 points Friday after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Read More
Dean Treml/Red Bull via Getty Stock futures are lower after a huge miss on the March jobs report. Near 9:07 a.m. ET, Dow futures were down 136 points, S&P 500 futures were 15 points lower, and Nasdaq futures were down 28 points. The US stock market is closed with many others around Read More
Flickr/Alexander Rentsch US equities closed higher for the first time in three days and crude oil tanked at the end of this four-day trading week for stocks. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 17,709.49 +11.31 (0.06%) S&P 500: 2,066.73 +7.04 (0.34%) Nasdaq: 4,885.92 +5.69 (0.12%) And now, the top stories on Thursday: Oil prices Read More
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks edged higher on Thursday after two days of declines following encouraging data on the labor market, which raised investors’ hopes for Friday’s key payrolls report. The S&P consumer discretionary index (.SPLRCD), up 0.7 percent, was among the day’s better-performing indexes, helped by gains in CarMax (KMX.N) Read More
All three major indices (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC) trading in the green today, the last trading day of an abbreviated week for Wall Street. Jobless claims sunk to 268,000 last week, the lowest level since 2000. That bodes well for the much-watched non-farm payroll number due out tomorrow, despite the market being closed for Good Friday Read More
Wikimedia Commons Stocks spent a second day in the red, carrying over a sharp decline in futures Tuesday night, while crude oil climbed back above $ 50 a barrel. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 17,698.18 -77.94 (-0.44%) S&P 500: 2,059.69 -8.20 (-0.40%) Nasdaq: 4,880.23 -20.66 (-0.42%) And now, the top stories on Wednesday: Read More
The three major indices (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) have all spent their mornings in the red as stocks struggle here on the first day of the second quarter. One stock bucking the trend is the newest addition to the world of publicly traded companies, GoDaddy.com (GDDY). Shares spiked by as much as 30% over the IPO Read More
REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe Stocks are in the red in early morning trading, following a sudden plunge in futures on Tuesday night. Near 10:10 a.m., the Dow was down 163 points, the S&P 500 was down 16 points, and the Nasdaq was down 51 points. The big markets story is GoDaddy’s initial public offering Read More