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 ease fears over economy; rate cut still seen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in June, pointing to strong consumer spending, which could help…
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…
U.S. job growth surges, July rate cut expectations intact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth rebounded strongly in June, with government payrolls surging, but persistent moderate wage gains and…
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…
Asian shares cautious as weak manufacturing data stoke growth worries
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares were choppy on Tuesday as weak global manufacturing activity reinforced worries about slowing world growth,…
Preserve your ammunition, BIS urges top central banks
LONDON (Reuters) – Bank for International Settlements (BIS) chief Agustin Carstens has urged top central banks to preserve their ammunition…
U.S. stock futures jump after U.S. and China agree to resume trade talks
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan…
Global stocks enjoy relief rally in Asia, bonds retreat
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Stocks rallied while bonds retreated in Asia on Monday as a thaw in the Sino-U.S. trade dispute…
Halfway through 2019, tech leads on Wall Street
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Technology stocks are Wall Street’s top performers as 2019 hits half-way, with investors betting on lower…
Wall St. wraps up its best June in decades as G20 convenes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street advanced in heavy trading on Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow closing…
Oil prices fall, but post weekly gain ahead of G20 talks, OPEC
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Friday but posted their second straight week of gains ahead of trade…
Wall St. wraps up its best June in decades as G20 convenes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street advanced in heavy trading on Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow closing…
Stocks advance to end first half as G20 in focus
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks climbed on Friday in advance of a meeting on trade between…
Oil prices mixed ahead of U.S. crude stock data
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday ahead of data expected to show U.S. crude stocks declining, outweighing…
Wall Street sinks as hopes fade for rate cuts, trade progress
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street stock indexes fell on Tuesday, led by a sharp selloff in technology shares, as…
Oil prices climb amid fall in U.S. stockpiles, Middle East worries
A pumpjack is seen at sunset outside Scheibenhard, near Strasbourg, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann SYDNEY (Reuters) – Oil…
Asia stocks slip after Fed tempers aggressive rate cut expectations
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks slipped on Wednesday and the dollar pulled back from three-month lows after Federal Reserve officials…
S&P 500 slips as healthcare drags, investors eye G20 summit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 edged lower on Monday as losses by healthcare companies overshadowed gains in the…
Dollar falls with yields as more Fed talk awaited
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks were left adrift on Tuesday as expectations of more dovish talk from the Federal Reserve…
Bang-up week on Wall Street ends with a whimper
(Reuters) – Wall Street edged lower on Friday, as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s decision to defer a speech on…
Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors eye G20 with hopes for U.S.-China trade detente
NEW YORK (Reuters) – All eyes will be on U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping next week…
Oil prices fall 1% as economic worries outweigh tanker tensions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than 1% on Monday after more poor Chinese economic figures fanned fears…
Take Five: The Fed and the rest
With President Donald Trump’s trade policies heightening fears of a U.S. recession, expectations of a Fed rate cut have dramatically…
All eyes on Fed as stock market pines for rate cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Open Market Committee meeting next week is shaping up as a pivotal one for…
Strong U.S. retail sales improve economy’s fortunes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales increased in May and sales for the prior month were revised higher, suggesting a…
Global stocks dip as Fed meeting looms, oil climbs on geopolitical fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended nominally lower on Friday as investors awaited next week’s Federal Reserve meeting for…
Wall Street ends down; Broadcom warning hits chip stocks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday as investors were cautious going into next week’s Federal Reserve…
Wall St. slips; banks fall with prospect of rate cut, energy drops
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street ended down slightly on Wednesday, with bank stocks declining as prospects of a U.S.…
Asian stocks subdued, oil near five-month low on U.S. inventory build
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks stuttered on Thursday, dogged by the uncertainty over an intractable U.S.-China trade dispute, while oil…
Underlying U.S. producer inflation boosted by services
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Underlying U.S. producer prices increased solidly for a second straight month in May, boosted by a surge…
Equities rally dissipates as trade optimism fades, yield curve flattens
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s indexes ended Tuesday’s session virtually unchanged after investors turned their focus to U.S.-China trade…
Wall Street treads water after recent rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended near flat and the Dow snapped a six-day winning streak on Tuesday, as…
Wall Street treads water after recent rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended near flat and the Dow snapped a six-day winning streak on Tuesday, as…
Weak U.S. employment report raises red flag on economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May and wages rose less than expected, raising fears that a…
Wall Street rises with hopes of Mexican tariffs delay
New York (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes closed higher after a choppy session on Thursday as investors grew more…
Wall Street opens higher for second day on rate cut hopes
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., June 4,…