Market Report - Us
US open: Stocks limp into long weekend
Wall Street's main indices are limping into quarter-end with technology issues again lagging behind despite better than expected readings on the economy.
US open: Wall Street gains as dollar slips, banks rise
Gains for banks and commodity-related issues saw Wall Street bounce back from recent weakness despite mixed reports on the economy.
US open: Weak data weighs on shares, banks outperform
Weaker than expected readings on consumer confidence weighed on Wall Street early in the session even as investors eyed a speech by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen later in the day.
US open: Stocks rise despite weak economic data, oil price slip
Wall Street's main market averages were firmly on the black on Monday, despite mixed news on the economic front.
US open: Stocks edge higher at the end of the week
Gains for steel and biotech shares saw Wall Street edge higher amid better than expected economic data and some dovish Fedspeak.
US new home sales beat forecasts in May, prices jump
Activity in America's residential real estate market continued to hum along at a solid pace last month, the latest official revealed, amid sharp price increases.
US open: Wall Street little changed as oil prices stabilise
Wall Street's main indices were little changed in early trading as oil prices recovered their footing and against a backdrop of solid readings on the jobs and housing markets.
US close: Markets mostly lower as crude inventories fall
Wall Street’s main market indices finished Wednesday on a mixed note, despite the release of data showing another drop in oil inventories and stronger-than-expected demand for new homes.
US open: Wall Street mixed despite positive data
The main market indices on Wall Street were trading on a mixed note early on Wednesday despite the release of data showing another drop in oil inventories and stronger-than-expected demand for new homes.
US open: Stocks dip amid oil price slump, mixed Fedspeak
Falling crude oil futures weighed on Wall Street a day after the Dow Jones Industrial and S&P 500 hit fresh record highs amid mixed remarks from top US central bank policymakers.
US open: Dow Industrials and S&P 500 plow ahead, set new highs
Gains in technology and industrial metals saw the Dow Jones Industrials and S&P 500 hit fresh record highs at the start of the week.
US open: Amazon.com throws grocers into disarray amid derivatives expiry
Wall Street was mired in negative territory following weaker than expected economic data and after Amazon. com announced the takeover of Whole Foods amid the quarterly expiry of futures and options on shares and indices, the so-called 'quadruple witching'.
US open: Stronger dollar takes its toll
Wall Street's main market gauges continued to pull back, with a stronger dollar in the wake of Wednesday's Fed policy decision taking its toll on commodity-related stocks alongside renewed falls in the largest big-cap tech names, the so-called FANG contingent.
US open: Stocks flat ahead of Fed, investors in Treasuries play it safe
A weaker-than-expected reading on US consumer prices sent US government bonds sharply higher, as the data sowed doubts about the likely pace of central bank rate hikes later in the year just hours before it was expected to raise them for a second time in 2017.
US open: Wall Street stages slight bounce ahead of Fed decision
US stocks were climbing slightly on Wall Street come Tuesday, with tech stocks managing to claw back some of their recent heavy losses as investors eyed the start of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting.
US open: Wall Street dips as selling in tech carries over
Wall Street's main market gauges were slightly lower at the start of the week on follow-through selling in the tech space.
US open: Stocks jump as bond bears throw in the towel
Wall Street was moving higher in a lacklustre day in terms of the corporate and economic news-flow, amid data showing the largest inflows into bonds for 122 weeks.
US open: Audible sigh of relief after Comey's Senate testimony
Stocks on Wall Street gained slightly throughout the open part of former FBI director James Comey's testimony to a senate panel, with no new special revelations having apparently come to light.
US open: Wall Street bounces back ahead of Comey testimony
Wall Street was staging a mild bounce back on Wednesday ahead of a raft of key risk events the next day, including former FBI boss James Comey's testimony before a Senate panel, the UK general election and a meeting of the European Central Bank's Governing Council.
US open: Wall Street slips as investors play it safe
US futures were pointing to a slightly weaker open on Wall Street on Tuesday amid growing geopolitical concerns and ahead of a testimony to the Senate panel by former FBI boss James Comey later in the week.