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 gained after the Trump administration scrapped a plan designed to…
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 unexpectedly strong U.S. payrolls report that led investors to reassess…
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 Street, caution abounds in other U.S. markets, where falling bond…
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 the session as enthusiasm over the U.S.-China trade truce faded…
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 on optimism for progress in U.S.-China trade talks and signs…
Real estate stocks have room to gain, residential in favor
(Reuters) – The once-sleepy U.S. real estate sector could be poised to continue its revival into the second half of 2019 but investors are selective in their bets on property…
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 McDermid (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures jumped more than one…
Fearing stock market rout, investors seek shelter in dependable dividends
LONDON (Reuters) – Defensive equity strategies focused on high payouts and steady earnings have gained in popularity this year as investors flock to safety, worried the biggest stock market rally…
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 interest rates, although Apple and chipmakers face turbulence related to…
Shares in big banks climb as Fed approves capital plans
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo (Reuters) – Shares in the S&P…