Market Report - Us Close
US close: Dow registers heavy losses ahead of FOMC decision
Wall Street stocks registered heavy losses on Tuesday as market participants awaited the outcome of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting and digested more mega-cap earnings.
US close: S&P 500 extends last week's wins another session
Wall Street stocks were in the green at the end of trading on Monday as investors braced for more corporate earnings, some key labour market data and the outcome of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting.
US close: Nasdaq jumps 2% as tech stocks surge
US stocks bounced back strongly on Friday with the Nasdaq surging more than 2% with the Magnificent Seven tech giants providing a huge boost following strong results from Microsoft and Alphabet.
US close: Rising yields hit stocks as inflation proves sticky in Q1
US stocks fell sharply on Thursday after data confirmed the stickiness of inflation in the first quarter despite a drop in economic growth which pushed bond yields to their highest in six months.
US close: Stocks finish flat as investors digest earnings, rising bond yields
US stocks finished broadly flat on Wednesday after a turbulent trading session, with eyes firmly fixed on corporate results as earnings season gets into full swing.
US close: Stocks higher as traders thumb over Q1 earnings
Wall Street stocks closed higher on Tuesday as corporate earnings began to roll in from a number of the nation's biggest firms.
US close: Stocks higher ahead of tech earnings
Wall Street stocks were in the green at the close of trading on Monday as market participants looked ahead to key earnings from a number of major tech firms.
US close: Stocks finish mostly lower as bond yields climb
US stocks were mostly lower on Thursday with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq falling for the fifth straight day as another rise in bond yields dampened risk appetite.
US close: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit two-month lows as rate-cut hopes sink
US stocks declined on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both hitting two-month lows, as investors significantly scaled back their projections for interest-rate cuts.
US close: Stocks finished mixed after Powell urges patience on rate cuts
US stocks finished mixed on Tuesday after bond yields climbed on the back of comments from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, who said the central bank needed more confidence that inflation was on a downward trend before cutting interest rates.
US close: Stocks lower amid Middle East tensions
Wall Street stocks closed sharply lower on Monday as investors looked past some solid retail sales numbers amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
US close: Geopolitics, earnings and Fed uncertainty sink stocks
Underwhelming quarterly results from the banking sector and escalating tensions in the Middle East sunk US stocks on Friday, with the Dow falling for the fifth straight day.
US close: Mixed session as traders digest PPI numbers
Wall Street stocks turned a mostly positive performance on Thursday following the release of yet another key inflation report.
US close: Stocks lower following hotter-than-expected CPI reading
Wall Street stocks closed sharply lower on Wednesday as market participants digested a hotter-than-expected March consumer price index.
US close: Stocks erase earlier losses, end mixed ahead of CPI
US stocks finished in mixed fashion on Tuesday with investors choosing to keep their powder dry ahead of Wednesday's consumer-price index release and a key publication from the Federal Reserve.
US close: Stocks mixed as traders await inflation data, Q1 earnings
Wall Street stocks were little changed at the close of trading on Monday as major indices stalled ahead of key inflation data and first-quarter corporate earnings later in the week.
US close: Fedspeak sinks shares ahead of jobs report
US stocks fell sharply on Thursday with the Dow falling for the fourth straight day after a late-afternoon slump on the back of hawkish comments from members of the Federal Reserve.
US close: Stocks mixed as investors weigh data, Powell comments
US stocks finished mixed on Wednesday and were rangebound for most of the session as investors continued to pour over economic data and assess its impact on monetary policy.
US close: Stocks slip on first day of second quarter
Wall Street closed in the red on the first trading day of the second quarter on Tuesday, as some robust economic data sparked speculation about potential delays in anticipated Federal Reserve rate cuts.