The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) and S&P 500 (^GSPC) are trading flat into the middle of the session while the Nasdaq (^IXIC) is marginally higher. Crude prices (CLK15.NYM) are experienceing an uncharacteristically calm day, flat through lunchtime but still solidly under that $ 50 a barrel mark. Get the Latest Market Data and News Read More
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By Michael Connor NEW YORK (Reuters) – European stocks held near record highs on Tuesday on signs the euro zone economy was gaining momentum, while the dollar recovered from recent losses and oil fell. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 15.21 points, or 0.08 percent, to 18,100.83, the S&P 500 <.SPX> Read More
Flickr/freeloosedirt US stocks fell towards the close after trading little changed for most of Monday, with the Nasdaq finishing lower but still above the 5,000 level and ever so near an all-time high. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 18,117.2, -10.4, (-0.06%) S&P 500: 2,104.4, -3.7, (-0.2%) Nasdaq: 5,010.9, -15.4, (-0.3%) And now, the Read More
Biotech stocks are on fire. That’s given some analysts flashbacks of 2000, when tech valuations were red hot, but it didn’t end well because they crashed. Michael Batnick over at The Irrelevant Investor posted this chart Monday that compares the rally in tech stocks then to biotechs in recent years. He describes the Read More
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (^IXIC) are both extending the gains they made at the end of last week. The Street seems to have liked what it saw from the National Association of Realtors’ existing home sales report. The annual rate popped 1.2% to 4.88 million units in February compared to Read More
With the Nasdaq composite index (NASDAQ: .IXIC) trading near its highest level of all time, traders appear to be betting on stability in the world of technology. Yet one top tech analyst says conditions may not be as safe as they appear on the surface. UBS senior analyst Brent Thill said in an interview on Read More
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Investors enjoying near-record levels for major stock indexes will scrutinize housing data and other economic indicators in the coming week for hints about the timing of U.S. interest rate hikes to see if the rally will continue. Concern about the Federal Reserve’s path of rate increases and the soaring U.S. Read More
It’s a day of green across the board for all the major indices (^DJI, ^GSCP, ^IXIC) as the dollar slows its surge. Even crude is getting in on the action, up more than 3% on the day. Here are some of the other stories Yahoo Finance is watching today: Biogen’s big day Most of the Read More
Flickr/Niccolo Caranti US stock futures are higher on the last day of a wild trading week. Near 8:00 a.m. ET, S&P 500 futures were up 9 points, Dow futures were up 117 points, and Nasdaq futures were up 22 points. The Dow and S&P 500 closed lower yesterday. It’s a quadruple witching day, Read More
Are stocks a bit too complacent when it comes to the Fed? The S&P 500 (^GSPC) soared on Wednesday’s unexpectedly dovish Federal Reserve statement and projections, and the small-cap Russell 2000 (^RUT) actually rose to an all-time high. On Thursday, while the S&P gave back a bit of its gains, the Russell and Nasdaq (^IXIC) Read More