The S&P 500 inches higher; Treasury yields dip after Powell remarks, jobs report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 posted a nominal gain and Treasury yields edged lower on Friday, as remarks…
Wall St. barely gains after mixed U.S. jobs data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Dow industrials closed slightly higher on Friday as investors digested a mixed…
Wall St. week ahead: Another recent inversion could provide support for stocks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A decline in interest rates on long-term U.S. government bonds below the average stock dividend yield…
Asia shares rise on trade talks hope, firm U.S. data; safe havens sold
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks gained on Friday, joining a global trend as investors took heart from firm U.S. economic…
Wall Street buoyed by China data, Hong Kong and Brexit news
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Oil falls ahead of hurricane but posts weekly gain as U.S.-China trade war eases
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil futures fell on Friday, with U.S. crude down nearly 3% ahead of a hurricane near…
Wall Street stalls to end weak August as China tariffs loom ahead of U.S. holiday
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street ended the week with a lackluster session on Friday as investors were cautious ahead…
Stocks edge higher but post monthly loss; yuan weakens as tariffs loom
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hopes for a thaw in the U.S.-China trade war helped a gauge of global stocks rise…
Wall Street Weekahead: Retailers in spotlight as tariffs on consumer products kick in
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. retailers will be front and center on Wall Street next week as the United States…
Wall Street rallies after China trade comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied more than 1% on Thursday, buoyed by gains in the trade-sensitive technology and…
Wall Street rises on China trade hopes, lead by tech, industrials
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Shares rally, bond yields rise as China fuels trade deal hopes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. and European shares advanced on Thursday as China struck a hopeful tone on trade relations…
U.S. yields climb on trade optimism, weak auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields rose on Thursday with 30-year yields climbing from record lows, as hopes on…
U.S. 10-year TIPS yields fall deeper into negative territory
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Oil falls as trade war raises recession fears
TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, pushing U.S. crude to its lowest in more than two weeks, as…
Wall Street Weekahead: Investors look at dollar stores as U.S. recession fears increase
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More investors are watching the shares of discount retailers like Dollar General Corp (DG.N) and Dollar…
Wall St. slips after three days of gains; Home Depot rises
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes edged lower on Tuesday after three sessions of gains, as lower Treasury yields weighed…
Oil prices climb after Saudi oilfield attack, but recession worries drag
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Crude oil prices rose on Monday following a weekend attack on a Saudi oil facility by Yemeni…
Oil rises alongside equities, but downbeat OPEC outlook caps gains
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices on Friday rebounded from a two-day drop, alongside equities as expectations of further stimulus…
Dollar firms, global stocks soar on ECB rate cut expectations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. and European stocks surged on Friday on expectations the European Central Bank will cut interest…
Wall Street Week Ahead: Lower rates could boost housing stocks, but risks remain
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lower U.S. interest rates could help support outperforming U.S. homebuilder stocks, even as they raise worries…
Lower rates could boost housing stocks, but risks remain
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lower U.S. interest rates could help support outperforming U.S. homebuilder stocks, even as they raise worries…
Wall Street ends sharply higher on German stimulus optimism
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rebounded on Friday as an ebbing bond rally and news of potential German economic…
Stocks, oil tank on growing signs of global slowdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equity markets tanked and oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday after a closely watched bond indicator…
Oil slumps more than 4% on weak global economic data, U.S. crude build
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices sank more than 4% on Wednesday after global demand fears were revived by weak…
Wall Street tumbles on rising fears of recession
(Reuters) – Wall Street main indexes slid more than 2% on Wednesday, as a closely watched U.S. bond market indicator…
Oil rises on European stock draw despite demand slowdown forecast
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel on Friday, supported by a drop in European…
Wall Street ends down amid more trade woes, high volatility
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Friday following renewed jitters over the U.S.-China trade war, capping a week…
Gold gains as trade concerns weigh on global markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Signs of further escalation of the U.S.-China trade war and weak UK economic data weighed on…
Investors look for consumer pressure ahead of next tariffs
(Reuters) – As President Donald Trump prepares to slap new tariffs on Chinese imports, investors are bracing for signs of…
Earnings and trade optimism push Wall St. toward record high
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq approached record highs on Tuesday, lifted by upbeat quarterly reports from Coca-Cola and…
Oil rises near $64/bbl on second downed Iranian drone
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil rose to almost $64 on Tuesday, jumping late in the session after the head of U.S.…
Easing hopes prop up global stocks, pound sags as Britain eyes new PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Expectations of policy easing by major central banks such as the Federal Reserve propped up global stocks…
Global stocks down as big rate cut hopes fade, dollar rises
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks declined after early gains dissipated on Friday as expectations for a…
Oil climbs as Middle East tensions offset demand worries
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Friday after steep losses a day earlier, supported by…
Wall Street falls as Fed signals smaller rate cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Friday following a report that the Federal Reserve plans to…
Oil falls about 2.5% as U.S. Gulf production returns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil fell about 2.5% a barrel on Thursday, weighed down by weakness in U.S. equities markets…
Stocks gain on Fed rate cut optimism; oil drops
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks advanced on Thursday, erasing declines on a late rally after comments…
Wall Street rises as Fed’s Williams cements rate-cut expectations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks moved higher on Thursday after a slow start as comments from New York Fed…
Wall Street opens flat, investors shrug off bank results
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., July 1, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan…
U.S. retail sales data dents stocks, lifts Treasury yields
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global equities lost ground on Tuesday and U.S. Treasury yields moved higher as…
Oil falls as Iran tensions seen easing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices turned lower on Tuesday, falling more than 3% after U.S. President Donald Trump said…
Wall Street slips as bank earnings, Trump trade comments weigh
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks edged lower on Tuesday as quarterly results from banks added to concerns about lower…
Oil prices down on dwindling storm impact, Chinese economic data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices sank about 1% on Monday on signs that the impact of a tropical storm…
China data steadies stocks as U.S. earnings get underway
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks rose modestly on Monday after economic data from China came in…
S&P ends near flat as Citigroup results sink banks; Nasdaq hits new high
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The benchmark S&P 500 index ended little changed on Monday after oscillating between positive and negative…
Wall St. notches all-time highs on lingering rate-cut optimism
NEW YORK (Reuters) – All three major indexes posted record closing highs on Friday as firm expectations for an interest-rate…
Oil falls on dim OPEC demand outlook, pares gains from Gulf of Mexico storm
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Thursday as OPEC forecast slower demand for its crude next year, with…
S&P 500, Dow climb as health insurers, financials gain
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Thursday to close at record highs as health insurers…
Oil prices rise on Iran tensions, OPEC output cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil futures rose on Friday as tensions over Iran and an extension to output cuts by…
Tempered expectations of Fed rate cut sink stocks globally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A strong U.S. jobs report that tempered expectations of an aggressive interest rate cut by the…
Wall Street dips as rate cut expectations relax
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks dipped on Friday, as the S&P 500 snapped a three-day streak of record closes, following an…
Buoyant U.S. stocks at odds with downbeat market signals
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Even as record highs this week in the major U.S. stock indexes telegraph confidence on Wall…
Oil dives 4% on demand worries even as OPEC, allies extend cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than 4% on Tuesday, even after OPEC and allies including Russia agreed…
Weak economic data, tariff concerns weigh on stocks globally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Modest gains in U.S. stocks helped global equity indices edge higher on Tuesday as investors weighed…
Stocks edge higher as trade enthusiasm wanes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks managed modest gains on Tuesday after holding near the unchanged mark for much of…
Trade hopes lift S&P to record as tech leads
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks climbed on Monday, but finished off earlier highs, led by gains in technology stocks…
Oil prices slip as demand worries outweigh OPEC supply cuts
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as worries that a weakening global economy would dent demand for the…