U.S. Stocks Fall Ahead of Fed Meeting
Markets U.S. Markets Investors brace for big week for tech stocks, with earnings due from Alphabet, Apple and Amazon
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S&P 500 Closes Lower as Investors Digest Earnings
Markets U.S. Markets Dow, other indexes recover from early losses as investors parse reports from Microsoft, Boeing and others
U.S. Stocks Drop After Last Week’s Big Rally
U.S. stocks finished lower Monday after last week’s big rally, while investors digested fresh comments from Federal Reserve officials about the outlook for further interest-rate increases. Stocks had risen in recent days on hopes that the Fed might not have to tighten financial conditions much more after U.S. inflation in October came in below economists’ … Read more
Stocks Close Higher to Finish Strong Week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average raced to its best three-week stretch since November 2020, boosted by the prospect of a slower pace of interest rate increases and the latest batch of corporate earnings. Major indexes started Friday with declines before turning higher, finishing the session near their highs of the day. The Dow added 748.97 … Read more
Dow Surges 900 Points in Volatile Trading
U.S. stocks turned sharply higher Thursday, a head-spinning reversal after major indexes spent much of the morning deep in negative territory. Stocks tumbled in early trading after new data showed that inflation remains persistently high, strengthening expectations for continued large interest-rate increases from the Federal Reserve. At their lows, the Nasdaq Composite had fallen more … Read more
Stocks Slip After Fed Minutes and Inflation Data
U.S. stocks slipped Wednesday in the wake of new inflation data and the release of the minutes of the September meeting of the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting board. The S&P 500 edged down 11.81 points, or 0.3%, to 3577.03, a nearly two-year low. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 28.34 points, or 0.1%, closing at 29210.85. … Read more
Dow Surges More Than 800 Points in Second Day of Big Gains
U.S. stocks jumped again on Tuesday, extending a strong start to the fourth quarter and giving relief to investors after weeks of punishing losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 825.43 points, or 2.8%, to close at 30316.32. Combined with Monday’s rally, it was the best two-day performance for the blue-chips index since April 2020, … Read more
Dow Slips Again After Entering Bear Market
U.S. stocks finished mixed Tuesday after swinging between gains and losses as investors parsed a spate of economic data and comments from Federal Reserve officials. All three indexes spent much of the morning in the green, then slipped by midday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which entered a bear market on Monday, fell 0.4% Tuesday … Read more
Stocks Waver After Suffering Worst Day Since June 2020
U.S. stocks wobbled between small gains and losses Wednesday, coming off a wild day of trading spurred by a stronger-than-expected inflation report. The S&P 500 dropped 0.1%, a day after the benchmark index plummeted 4.3% in its worst selloff since June 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, while the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite gained 0.1%. … Read more
Stocks Fall on Hotter-Than-Expected Inflation Data
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped more than 1,000 points Tuesday after hotter-than-expected inflation data dashed investors’ hopes that cooling price pressures would prompt the Federal Reserve to moderate its campaign of interest-rate increases. Investors sold everything from stocks and bonds to oil and gold. All 30 stocks in the blue-chip average declined, as did … Read more