Market Report - Us
US open: Stocks bounce back at quarter-end
Stocks are registering modest gains at quarter-end, helped by record-breaking levels of deal-making.
US open: Amazon.com, Tesla hit by selling
Stocks are down again, although losses outside of the technology arena are contained for the moment.
US open: Small gains on Wall Street after consumer confidence unexpectedly dips
Stocks on Wall Street extended their bounce from the previous day's trading, amid a slightly more positive tone to news on the global trade front.
US open: Stocks bounce amid talks of back-channel talks between Washington and Beijing
Wall Street is bouncing back on the heels of more market-friendly remarks from top US administration officials on the global trade picture at the weekend.
US open: Stocks little changed despite upbeat economic reports
Wall Street was trading on a mixed note roughly two hours on from the open, despite two better-than-expected readings on the economy, with traders heading into the weekend mulling the implications of the latest round of global trade tensions.
US open: Stocks down across the board as selling accelerates on Wall Street
US stocks moved lower at the open on Thursday, as investors continued to mull over the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve overnight, amid worries about a trade war, leading to what one analyst referred to as "a veritable bloodbath" on Wall Street.
US open: Stocks up ahead of Fed policy announcement
US stocks moved slightly ahead after the open on Wall Street on Wednesday as investors awaited the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve.
US open: Stocks go green even as Facebook concerns loom over tech sector
Trading on Wall Street opened strong on Tuesday after the heavy losses seen during the previous session, with the tech sector still in focus following the latest revelations regarding Facebook that sparked concerns of tighter regulatory controls.
US open: Tech stocks falter as investors 'unfriend' Facebook on data worries
Trading started weaker on Wall Street with technology shares facing steep selling pressure amid fresh worries tied to Facebook's policies over user data management emerged, even as investors wait on the latest policy announcement and expected rate hike from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.
US open: Wall Street unmoved by McMaster rumours
Trading on Wall Street kicked off on a positive note, with the main indices shaking off some of yesterday's weakness despite sentiment suffering earlier in the day from talk of yet another White House departure and after the Trump organisation was hit with a subpoenae by Special Counsel Mueller as part of his investigation into alleged Russian links.
US open: Stocks edge higher amid tensions with China, Russia
Wall Street is registering slight gains on the back of upbeat data on US manufacturing, apparently brushing off simmering tensions on the trade front with China and on the geopolitical side of things with the Russian Federation.
Persimmon appoints Roger Devlin as chairman
Housebuilder Persimmon has appointed Roger Devlin as chairman with effect from 1 June.
US open: Stocks slip on retail sales data, special election polls
Wall Street is moving lower following the release of data revealing a third consecutive month of falling retail sales, with some investors also carefully watching the special election to the US House of Representatives in the state of Pennsylvania.
US open: Stocks waver amid news of State Department shake-up
Stocks are holding higher, but are off their best levels, following an in-line reading on US consumer prices and as traders digest the White House's decision to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA chief Mike Pompeo.
US open: Soft start for Dow and S&P but Nasdaq in the black
Wall Street trading kicked off with mixed performances on Monday, as the Dow Industrials came under selling pressure even as many investors continued to cheer encouraging jobs data at the end of the previous week.
US open: Stocks start higher after bumper February jobs report
Wall Street opened in the green on Friday, after the latest non-farm payrolls report showed that the US added more jobs in February than it had in the last 18 months.
US open: Wall Street opens firmer, signing of new tariffs delayed
Trading on Wall Street opened in the green on Thursday, amid reports that the White House might yet tinker with its final proposals on tariffs.
US open: Markets unsteady at start of trading on news of Cohn's resignation
Wall Street trading opened with two of the three major indices down on Wednesday as investors reacted to news that the White House's chief economic advisor, Gary Cohn, had resigned, reigniting fears of a trade war.
US open: Trading bounces between small gains and losses as Korean tensions die down
US stocks kept swiching between gains and losses in early trading on Tuesday as news from discussions between North and South Korea, reported to include plans for the first major summit between the two in over a decade, pointed to a de-escalation of tensions and the easing of one of the market's biggest geopolitical uncertainties.
US open: Services PMI's lift Wall Street out of the red
Wall Street has erased early losses, helped by upbeat readings on the country's services sector albeit amid lingering concerns about the potential for increased trade frictions between the US and some of its main trading partners.