Market Report - Us
US open: Stocks find a bid on trade talk hopes
Wall Street found a bid on the last trading day of the month after Bloomberg reported that top US and Chinese officials were talking about holding talks, to paraphrase one market watcher.
US open: Losses at the bell as higher bond yields offset Caterpillar's earnings beat
Wall Street trading began with losses as higher US Treasury bond yields offset a sizeable earnings beat from heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar.
US open: Mixed trading at the bell as GDP figures do little to sway investors
Wall Sreet trading began on a mixed note at the open on Friday as investors cheered solid earnings from Amazon and eyed the release of the latest gross domestic product figures.
US open: Dow breaks through 25,500 mark, Nasdaq dragged down by Facebook
US stocks kicked Thursday's session off mostly lower as investors weighed up a disappointing set of earnings from Facebook against a breakthrough in talks between Donald Trump and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
US open: Mixed trading ahead of Trump's meeting with Juncker
Wall Street trading began on a mixed note on Wednesday as investors sifted through earnings reports and eyed a key meeting between Donald Trump and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
US open: Stocks rise as Nasdaq hits fresh record on Alphabet earnings
US stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday as investors waded through a deluge of earnings, with solid numbers from Google parent Alphabet helping to push the tech-heavy Nasdaq to a new record high.
US midday: Trading subdued as trade wars loom
Trading on Wall Street got off to a subdued start on Monday, as US President Donald Trump took a swing at Amazon and concerns over escalating trade wars dominated.
US open: Stocks rise but dollar tumbles on Trump comments; Microsoft rallies
US stocks edged higher in early trade on Friday as Microsoft rallied on the back of strong results, while the dollar tumbled against its major rivals after President Trump ramped up his trade war rhetoric.
US open: Stocks slip as trade concerns mount
Wall Street got off to a subdued start on Thursday, as concerns about international trade weighed on markets, eBay and American Express disappointed with second-quarter numbers and there was another twist in the battle for control of 21st Century Fox.
US open: Stocks mostly higher as Morgan Stanley rallies on earnings
US stocks were mostly a little higher in early trade on Wednesday, with Morgan Stanley boosted by solid second-quarter earnings, as investors digested the latest testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and some disappointing data on housing starts.
US open: Stocks go red following Netflix miss
US stocks traded lower at the open on Tuesday, following a disappointing quarterly update from streaming giant Netflix and a Congressional testimony from Fed chair Jerome Powell.
US open: Stocks slip as Trump's meeting with Putin kicks off
Stocks on Wall Street slipped in early trade on Monday as investors digested earnings from Bank of America and BlackRock and eyed a summit between Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin.
US open: Wall Street's focus switches to bank earnings
Wall Street saw some mixed-to-positive trading at the bell on Friday as market participants turned their attention to bank earnings.
US open: Stocks on the mend as investors turn their eyes to latest inflation data
US stocks began to bounce back from the previous session's losses on Thursday as investors eyed the latest reading on inflation.
US open: Stocks shaky as Trump slaps extra $200bn tariffs on Chinese imports
Wall Street trading began with losses right after the bell on Wednesday amid escalating tensions between the US and China, after President Donald Trump said his administration would slap tariffs on an additional $200bn of Chinese imports.
US open: Dow continues earnings streak ahead of earnings season
Wall Street trading began on a positive note on Tuesday as the start of earnings season provided a welcome distraction from recent trade war concerns.
US open: Positive open on the Street as trade war concerns subside
Stocks started the session moderately higher, with investor sentiment boosted by gains overnight on most Asian bourses ahead of the second quarter earnings seasoning kicking off on Wall Street on Friday.
US open: Mixed trading on the Street following new Chinese tariffs
Trading on Wall Street kicked-off on a positive note despite a hit to sentiment from the launch of US trade tariffs against China overnight and a lacklustre jobs report.
US open: Trade fears subside as stocks go green in first session after Fourth of July break
Wall Street trading began with gains on Thursday, thanks to a potential easing of tensions between Washington and Brussels and ahead of the release of key economic reports.
US open: Stocks go green early in shortened Tuesday session
US stocks were positive at the open on Tuesday as investors seemingly put their worries about a trade war aside for the moment.