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Stock market on track to edge higher, but Facebook’s slump limits gain
11 min ago - By Victor Reklaitis
The main U.S. stock benchmarks are on track to open little changed, but Facebook is dropping in premarket action as shareholders booed its latest revenue forecast.
S&P 500 logs longest losing streak in 5 years
4:26 p.m. Nov. 2, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks extend losses on Wednesday with the S&P 500 recording its longest losing streak in five years even as the Federal Reserve, as expected, kept interest rates unchanged.
Stocks end at nearly 4-month low as election race tightens
4:57 p.m. Nov. 1, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks fall to their lowest since early July as the S&P 500 extends its losing streak for a sixth session as investors grappled with a tightening presidential race, economic data, corporate earnings, and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision.
Stocks close lower as strong data grapples with lower oil, election uncertainty
4:35 p.m. Oct. 31, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks edge modestly higher after stronger-than-expected consumer spending data underline the view that the economy is growing at a steady pace, while a drop in oil prices and election uncertainty weighed on the minds of investors.
Stock market braces for political jitters as Fed likely to stand pat
3:49 p.m. Oct. 29, 2016 - By Sue Chang
The stock market, gripped in a torpor so powerful that even peak earnings season couldn't wake it, got a jolt from an unexpected corner—Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton—underscoring the political risks in the remaining days ahead of the election.
Stock market closes lower on FBI probe into Clinton emails
4:33 p.m. Oct. 28, 2016 - By Ryan Vlastelica
U.S. stocks end lower Friday after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was restarting a probe into Hillary Clinton’s email, adding a new dose of political uncertainty into the market.
Stock market ends lower on mixed earnings, defensive sector weakness
4:23 p.m. Oct. 27, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks fluctuate between slight gains and losses Thursday as an uptick in bond yields prompts a selloff in defensive sectors such as real estate and utilities while investors sift through mixed earnings results and deal news.
Stock market slides as Apple sinks; Dow bucks trend
4:44 p.m. Oct. 26, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks close mostly lower Wednesday as Apple Inc., the largest U.S. company by market cap, tumbled, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average bucked the trend thanks to Boeing Inc., which soared on robust earnings.
Stock market ends lower after lackluster earnings, drop in consumer confidence
4:37 p.m. Oct. 25, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks on Tuesday finish lower, giving up some of the previous day’s advance, as worries about a lackluster spate of earnings, and a slip in a reading of consumer confidence weighed on market sentiment.
Dow, S&P 500 close higher, lifted by surge in mergers
4:16 p.m. Oct. 24, 2016 - By Anora Mahmudova
U.S. stocks advance modestly Monday, getting a lift from merger announcements, including AT&T’s planned buyout of Time Warner.
Stock market looks to Apple, Google earnings for jolt
8:00 a.m. Oct. 22, 2016 - By Sue Chang
The stock market may finally get the excitement that it has been craving next week with the two most valuable companies in the U.S.—Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.—slated to report financial results.
Dow, S&P 500 limp to the close, but stocks end string of weekly losses
5:14 p.m. Oct. 21, 2016 - By Ryan Vlastelica
Stocks end Friday mostly flat as sentiment was torn between disappointing GE earnings and strong results from both McDonald’s and Microsoft.
Stocks close lower as telecom, oil pummeled
4:19 p.m. Oct. 20, 2016 - By Anora Mahmudova
U.S. stocks close lower Thursday as a sharp drop in oil and telecommunications shares weigh on investor sentiment.
U.S. stocks climb as crude oil rallies to 15-month high
4:28 p.m. Oct. 19, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, boosted by a rally in the energy sector and stronger-than-expected quarterly results from Morgan Stanley. The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, an anecdotal economic survey, also indicated that the U.S. economy continues its steady expansion.
Stocks close higher after strong Goldman, Netflix earnings
4:22 p.m. Oct. 18, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks end higher Tuesday as investors welcome better-than-expected quarterly results.
U.S. stocks end lower thanks to inflation jitters, weaker oil
4:43 p.m. Oct. 17, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks finish lower Monday as crude-oil prices trade below $50 a barrel while warnings about accelerating inflation also weigh on sentiment.
Earnings hold the key to the stock market’s fate
9:43 a.m. Oct. 16, 2016 - By Sue Chang
A third of the Dow Industrials are scheduled to report, while 1 in 5 members of the S&P 500 index are expected to post their latest quarterly numbers.
Stocks close higher after Yellen comments, bank earnings
4:21 p.m. Oct. 14, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks close slightly higher Friday, finishing near lows of the session to turn in a second losing week in a row, after a trio of quarterly bank results topped analyst estimates and Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said there may be benefits to running the economy with a tight labor market.
Stocks finish off intraday lows as Fed, China worries rattle
4:45 p.m. Oct. 13, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks finish in the red Thursday as investors grew jittery following the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes as well as weak Chinese economic reports. But the market closed off intraday lows.
Stocks close mostly higher as Fed minutes point to rate hike ‘soon’
4:41 p.m. Oct. 12, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks finish mostly higher Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting show support for a rate rise relatively soon but still veered toward the dovish side.
U.S. stocks slump most in nearly a month on Alcoa’s results, firm dollar
4:39 p.m. Oct. 11, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks trade firmly lower as disappointing results from aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. set the tone for the broader market as the third-quarter earnings season gets under way.
Stocks close higher on oil, energy-sector gains
4:30 p.m. Oct. 10, 2016 - By Ryan Vlastelica
U.S. stocks close higher Monday as rising hopes that OPEC would reach a deal to cut production—a move seen as necessary for addressing oversupply—delivered a jolt to energy shares.
The earnings recession is finally at an end. Or not
11:23 a.m. Oct. 8, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
As earnings season kicks off, historical averages point to the third quarter as the end of a year-plus earnings recession, but a recent scale-down of buybacks and profit warnings pose a challenge to that outcome.
U.S. stocks sag after tepid September jobs report
4:42 p.m. Oct. 7, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks retreat Friday following a jobs report that came in below expectations but was viewed as not weak enough to reduce the likelihood that the Federal Reserve would raise rates at its December meeting.
U.S. stocks flat ahead of jobs report; ECB dismisses taper rumors
4:29 p.m. Oct. 6, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks were mostly flat on Thursday as investors held off taking sizable bets ahead of Friday’s much-anticipated monthly jobs
Stocks end 2-days of losses to finish higher as energy, financial sectors rally
4:40 p.m. Oct. 5, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks close higher Wednesday, trading off session highs as they rebounded from losses of the past two sessions, as rising oil prices and a resurgent services sector help lift demand for stocks and other risk assets.
Stocks close lower on jitters over ECB scaling back QE
4:45 p.m. Oct. 4, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks on Tuesday finish in the red in the wake of a report that the European Central Bank could start winding down its quantitative-easing program ahead of schedule.
Stocks slump on Deutsche Bank, Brexit worries
4:46 p.m. Oct. 3, 2016 - By Anora Mahmudova
U.S. stocks close lower Monday as concerns over Deutsche Bank’s liquidity and the U.K.’s plan for exiting the European Union, known as Brexit outweighed better-than-expected manufacturing data.
Volatile mix of data, politics, and bank woes to converge in stock market
11:32 a.m. Oct. 2, 2016 - By Sue Chang
It promises to be a wild week for investors with a lot of moving parts as economic data, politics, and Deutsche Bank worries all converge in a volatile mix in the stock market.
U.S. stocks close higher as Deutsche Bank worries taper
4:18 p.m. Sept. 30, 2016 - By Anora Mahmudova
U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, but off their session highs, boosted by a double-digit rally in Deutsche Bank AG shares, which were recovering from brutal losses in the previous session amid heightened concerns about the health of the German lender’s balance sheet.
Dow closes down nearly 200 points on Deutsche Bank, Fed concerns
4:26 p.m. Sept. 29, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks close lower Thursday, recovering from session lows, following a selloff fueled by investor worry about European banks and talk of a December rate increase by the Federal Reserve.
U.S. stocks gain as OPEC agrees on need to limit oil output
4:29 p.m. Sept. 28, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks swung higher Wednesday on reports that OPEC had taken an important step toward agreeing to cap crude-oil output.
Dow closes up more than 100 points after Clinton-Trump debate, consumer confidence
4:31 p.m. Sept. 27, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks rise, boosted in part by the outcome of the presidential debate between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican contender Donald Trump.
U.S. stocks retreat on Deutsche Bank worries, Clinton-Trump debate
4:28 p.m. Sept. 26, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks extend losses Monday as fears over the fate of Germany’s Deutsche Bank weighed on the financial sector while the upcoming U.S. presidential debate also contributed to jittery sentiment.
Clinton-Trump debate showdown carries potential to sock it to stocks
2:42 p.m. Sept. 26, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
Investors are keeping a close eye on the first of the presidential debates between Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton and GOP nominee Donald Trump for signs of a momentum shift in the heated race.
U.S. stocks end lower as oil slides, but post weekly gains
4:29 p.m. Sept. 23, 2016 - By Anora Mahmudova
U.S. stocks closed lower Friday, with investor sentiment hit by a renewed slide in crude-oil prices. The main indexes still posted healthy weekly gains, however.
U.S. stocks join global equity rally; Nasdaq notches record close
4:34 p.m. Sept. 22, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks close near their session highs Thursday, with the Nasdaq Composite carving out a fresh all-time closing high, as investor euphoria following the Federal Reserve’s most recent policy update on Wednesday spills over into a second session.
Stocks rally into the close as the Fed stands pat on interest rates
4:56 p.m. Sept. 21, 2016 - By Sue Chang
U.S. stocks rally Wednesday, with the Nasdaq closing at a record, after the Federal Reserve decides to keep interest rates unchanged as it sought further evidence of sustained economic strength.
Stocks pare gains to end flat ahead of Fed, BOJ decisions
4:51 p.m. Sept. 20, 2016 - By Anora Mahmudova
U.S. stocks on Tuesday end little-changed, paring modest gains into the close, as traders grow cautious on the eve of a pair of major central-bank decisions.
Stocks end near break-even amid skittishness ahead of central-bank meetings
4:39 p.m. Sept. 19, 2016 - By Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks on Monday close essentially flat, after trading firmly higher, in a volatile session ahead of the start of a pair of closely watched central-bank policy meetings.
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