Stocks climb to records on hopes for lower interest rates
The major U.S. stock indexes closed at record highs on Friday, with the S&P 500 ending above 3,000 for the first time.
S&P 500 notches third straight weekly gain after wobbly day
Wall Street finished a milestone-setting week on a downbeat note Friday after a late flurry of selling nudged stocks lower, ending the market’s four-day winning
To some market vets, stocks are rallying like it’s 1999
The stock market has been so hot this year that it might need an ice-cold Fruitopia, or a Zima.
First down week since January for S&P 500 as unease spreads
Another wave of selling on Wall Street Friday left the S&P 500 with its worst weekly showing since January and its eighth loss in the last nine days.
Stocks climb, giving S&P 500 its 4th straight weekly gain
Technology and health care companies led U.S. stocks higher Friday, giving the benchmark S&P 500 its fourth straight weekly gain.
Tech rises, but four-week winning streak for stocks ends
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Friday, recovering a chunk of their losses from earlier in the week. Technology and industrial companies jumped.
US stocks drift in a quiet close to another winning week
U.S. stock indexes nestled a hair lower on Friday after the falling price of oil weighed on energy companies, but the S&P 500 nevertheless closed out its third straight winning week following a brutal stretch in December.
US stocks end dismal, volatile year on bright note
Wall Street closed out a dismal, turbulent year for stocks on a bright note Monday, but still finished 2018 with the worst showing in a decade.
Wall Street faces annual losses despite solid gains for week
Wall Street capped a week of volatile trading Friday with an uneven finish and the market’s first weekly gain since November.
Fed lifts rates for 4th time this year but sees fewer hikes
The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the fourth time this year to reflect the U.S. economy’s continued strength but signaled that it expects to slow its rate hikes next year.
Stock market woes raise a nagging fear: Is a recession near?
Fears of a recession have been mounting with the U.S. stock market appearing to be headed for its worst December since 1931 — during the Great Depression.
Stocks plunge to 8-month lows on growth fears
Stocks staggered to eight-month lows Friday after weak economic data from China and Europe set off more worries about the global economy. Mounting tensions in Europe over Britain’s impending departure from the European Union also darkened traders’ moods.
US-China trade truce seen boosting US stock market
The truce in the trade dispute between the U.S. and China should boost rattled financial markets, at least through the year’s end, experts say. But the stock market’s recent wild gyrations likely will persist as the two countries strain to reach a permanent accord.
Investors seek stability as they bail out of tech stocks
Goodbye iPhones and Facebook feed. Hello power plants and bleach.
Stocks slump again; S&P 500, Dow back into red for year
Stocks are back in the red for the year after another wave of selling hit Wall Street Friday.
Buckle up: Wall Street volatility is back with a vengeance
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the market.
Rising interest rates weigh on high-flying tech stocks
Technology and internet stocks have led the way for much of Wall Street’s bull market run, propelling the stocks of big names like Apple, Amazon and Google’s parent company sharply higher along the way.
Stocks close out best quarter in 5 years on a quiet note
U.S. stocks ended back where they started Friday as the stock market wrapped up its best quarter in almost five years.
Buoyant stocks lift US household wealth, mainly for affluent
A rising stock market lifted U.S. household wealth to a record $106.9 trillion in the April-June quarter, the culmination of a decade of economic recovery but a gain that is concentrated largely among the most affluent.
S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 close at record highs
Wall Street ended a week of milestones with a few more Friday.