Market Report - Us
US open: Wall Street flat ahead of Yellen
Wall Street is trading broadly flat as investors eye some key speeches from Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen and other central bankers.
US open: Stocks dip amid European uncertainty, Fedspeak
US stocks were slightly lower at the beginning of the week as investors looked ahead to speeches from various Federal Reserve policymakers and digested the German election results over the weekend.
US open: Wall Street recovers after initial dip
Wall Street has started the session slightly lower but was quickly recovering, following a threat from North Korea's top diplomatic official.
US open: Stocks dip as two-year yields hover near eight-year highs
Stocks are stuck in a bit of a rut as traders try to work out the implications of the US central bank's policy announcement the night before, despite a raft of better-than-expected readings on the economy.
US open: Stocks mixed ahead of FOMC, Apple drags
Investors are sitting on their hands ahead of the US central's bank's eagerly-awaited policy meeting.
US open: Merger speculation sends telecoms names higher
Stocks were holding slightly higher ahead as investors listened in on a speech by the American president to the United Nations's general assembly and ahead of the US Federal Reserve's policy decision the next day.
US open: Stocks edge higher ahead of Fed
Wall Street was edging slightly higher as worries about North Korea receded with investors looking ahead to the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.
US open: Stocks higher even as analysts mark down GDP forecasts
Wall Street is keeping its head above water going into the weekend, with investors taking the latest missile launch by North Korea in their stride and despite the release of a string of indicators which revealed that hurricanes Harvey and Irma were already taking their toll on activity last month.
US open: Wall Street trades flat despite gains for bank shares
Wall Street was flat as investors took a breather after pushing the S & P 500 to a fresh record high during the previous session, amid a tad of renewed speculation in markets regarding the risk of new provocations from Pyongyang following the latest round of sanction from the UN Security Council.
US open: Stocks grind higher, with focus on Apple and tax reforms
Wall Street continued to grind higher as investors eyed the latest iPhone release against a backdrop of renewed 'market chatter' regarding prospects for tax reforms in the States before 2017 was out.
US open: Wall Street jumps back towards record highs
Wall Street's main market averages bounded back towards their most recent record highs with the prior week's worries about North Korea and Hurricane Irma apparently receding in the rearview mirror.
US open: Stocks flat as dollar falls to 33-month low
Wall Street is trading on a mixed note heading into the weekend, alongside another slide in the US dollar to 33-month lows as Hurricane Irma made its way towards Florida and amid concerns about another potential missile launch by North Korea.
US midday: Stocks mixed as traders monitor impact from Harvey, dollar falls
Stocks are trading on a mixed note with the latest data laying bare the extent of the disruption from Hurricane Harvey to the economy, albeit alongside some potentially mildly encouraging news from the Korean peninsula.
US open: Wall Street holds higher despite headwinds, Hurricane Irma
Wall Street's major indices are holding their ground even in the face of the surprise resignation of US central bank vicepresident Stanley Fischer with even simmering worries about North Korea and Hurricane Irma failing to undermine investor sentiment.
US open: Stocks slip as traders get first chance to react to events in Korea
Wall Street's main stockmarket averages were lower at the start of the shortened trading week as markets tried to guess the endgame of the tensions on the Korean peninsula, with some traders in the US getting their first chance to react to news of North Korea's hydrogen bomb test over the Memorial Day weekend.
US open: Stocks flat ahead of Labor Day, despite tax reform news
A 'noisy' US jobs report for August alongside mixed readings on the economy has left Wall Street trading on a mixed note ahead of the long Labor Day weekend.