U.S. stocks extended losses into a fourth straight session Monday, as Wall Street fretted about the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 61.3 points to 12,089.96. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index declined 13.99 points...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 290 points this week to 12,151.26. It was the benchmark’s fifth straight weekly decline, its longest losing streak since 2004. So far this year, however, it is up almost 5%. The...
Forex traders had a very interesting early June. The greenback closed its third consecutive weekly decline – and the progress on the pullback seems to carry the same level of momentum that the larger bear trend through...
Wall Street finished lower Thursday as investors braced for Friday’s monthly employment report. People are worried about today’s number, because it really is a gamble now. The weather impacted in months prior, and then in April we...
U.S. stocks dropped on Wednesday, as Wall Street scaled back its economic growth outlook following another round of dour data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 279.65 points to 12,290.14. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index declined...
U.S. stocks rose for a fourth consecutive session Tuesday as optimism about financial help ahead for Greece offset earlier pressure from a disappointing reading on consumer confidence, but the benchmark indexes couldn’t recover their losses for the...
With the United States on holiday Monday, currency traders witnessed a relatively thin trading environment. Though debt concerns loom in the euro zone, and industrial production falters globally, the higher yielding assets like the GBP and EUR...
Shares in the next week will run a gauntlet of data expected to indicate a slowing economic recovery, but a few positive reports may prove enough to draw investors into a market accustomed to negative sentiment. Equity...
May is coming to an end and once again as investors set their eyes at the US non-farm payrolls. In the last few weeks, we have seen interest rate expectations drop because of a slowdown in economic...
The stock market closed higher Thursday as technology and consumer discretionary stocks countered the weight of weaker-than-forecast jobless claims and first-quarter economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 8.10 points to close at 12,402.76. The...
