Market Pulse - Usa
US pre-open: Futures in the red as traders continue to await CPI reading
Wall Street futures were little in the red ahead of the bell on Tuesday as market participants continued to hold out for key inflation data scheduled for release later in the week.
US small business confidence drops to 11 month low
US small business confidence fell to an 11-month low in January, according to the National Federation of Independent Business, as ongoing worker shortages and increased prices for raw materials weighed on sentiment.
US close: S&P 500 gives up some of last week's gains
Wall Street stocks were mostly lower at the end of trading on Monday as traders awaited more earnings reports scheduled for later in the week.
Meta threatens to pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe over data transfer row
Meta threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe if Brussels blocked its ability to send user data to the US.
US open: Stocks slightly higher following S&P 500's best week of 2022
Wall Street stocks registered some early gains on Monday as traders awaited more earnings reports scheduled for later in the week.
J.P.Morgan says cycle not yet over in stocks, reiterates 'overweight' on UK
Equity strategists at JP Morgan told clients that stocks continue to offer a "supportive" risk-reward and that the cycle was "far from over".
US pre-open: Futures little changed as traders await more earnings
Wall Street futures were little changed ahead of the bell on Monday as traders awaited more earnings reports scheduled for later in the week.
US close: Stocks mixed after nonfarm payrolls
Wall Street stocks put on a mixed showing on Friday as market participants digested January's nonfarm payrolls report.
US open: Stocks mixed following nonfarm payrolls report
Wall Street stocks were mixed early on Friday as market participants thumbed over January's nonfarm payrolls report.
January nonfarm payroll numbers surprise to the upside
The US economy unexpectedly added 467,000 payrolls in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, much better than analysts' expectations for a print of 150,000.
US pre-open: Futures mixed ahead of nonfarm payrolls report
Wall Street futures were pointing to a mixed open ahead of the bell on Friday as market participants awaited January's nonfarm payrolls report later in the session.
US close: Stocks weaker after Meta numbers seriously disappoint
Wall Street’s indices closed in negative territory on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading the losses, as market participants thumbed over another round of corporate earnings and a number of fresh data points.
US open: Stocks reverse yesterday's gains at the bell
Wall Street stocks were in the red early on Thursday as market participants thumbed over another round of corporate earnings and a number of fresh data points.
US initial jobless claims hit three-week low
New first-time jobless claims fell by 23,000 to 238,000 in the week ended 29 January, according to the Labor Department, for the lowest reading in three weeks and below economists' expectations for a print of 245,000.
US unit labour costs miss forecasts in Q4, labour productivity beats
Unit labour costs in the US undershot economists' forecasts by a wide margin at the end of 2021 as productivity growth surged.
US pre-open: Stocks in the red after Meta earnings disappoint
Wall Street futures were in the red ahead of the bell on Thursday as market participants thumbed over another round of corporate earnings, which included disappointing figures from newly rebranded Facebook parent Meta Platforms.
Meta shares plummet as Facebook growth stalls, guidance disappoints
Facebook owner Meta Platform's shares looked set to crater after the company reported stagnant user numbers on its main property and issued weaker than expected sales guidance for the current quarter.
US close: Stocks book gains despite surprise fall in employment
Wall Street’s main indices booked their fourth consecutive day of gains on Wednesday, after a session which saw investors digesting a slew of corporate earnings.
Experts debate potential impact of BA.2 'stealth Omicron' subvariant on pandemic
Experts continued to debate to what extent so-called 'stealth Omicron', the subvariant of its namesake strain of Covid-19, would lead to another peak in infections.
US open: Stocks mixed as investors digest earnings
Wall Street trading got off to a mixed start on Wednesday as investors digested a slew of corporate earnings from overnight.