Job growth proved better than expected in June, boosted by government hiring, as the labor market showed surprising resilience and likely took a July interest rate cut off the table. Nonfarm payrolls increased a seasonally adjusted 147,000 for the month, higher than the estimate for 110,000 and just above the upwardly revised 144,000 in May,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. Mikhail Metzel | Evelyn Hockstein | Via Reuters President Donald Trump said he will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. The call, announced by Trump in a Truth Social post, comes two days after the U.S. said it would halt…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, July 3 1. Wall Street is set for a higher open after better-than-expected June job creation. The S & P 500 closed at another record high yesterday as President Donald Trump announced a Vietnam trade deal. Investors are also watching House voting on the Trump-backed megabill of spending…
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Synopsys , Cadence Design Systems — Shares of the Silicon Valley chip designers rallied more than 5% and 6%, respectively. The U.S. government lifted restrictions on exporting chip-design software to China, according to announcements from companies in the industry. Datadog — The cloud monitoring provider surged…
Vietnamese stocks hit highest in over three years Vietnamese stocks climbed to their highest in over three years after U.S. President Donald Trump said a trade deal with Vietnam has been struck. The benchmark Vietnam Index rose 0.3% to its highest since April 2022, data from LSEG showed. Top movers of the index stem from…
Robin Zeng, founder and chairman of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), third right, strikes a gong as Paul Chan, Hong Kong’s financial secretary, second right, and Bonnie Chan, chief executive officer of Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (HKEX), right, applaud during the CATL listing ceremony at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on July 2, 2025. NYSE U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday night as traders braced for June’s big jobs report. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were fractionally higher. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 21 points, or less than 0.1%….
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot, pictured in London on June 28, 2023, reportedly wants to move the company’s stock listing from London to the United States. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Pressure is piling on London’s stock exchange, with reports that British pharma giant AstraZeneca may move its listing to the U.S. delivering yet…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market moves: The S & P 500 was nicely higher on Wednesday, with the broad market index on pace for another record close. The session follows…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Robinhood — The brokerage stock climbed 7% as traders speculated that it could soon be added to the S & P 500. A spot in the index was opened by Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s acquisition of Juniper Networks, which officially closed Wednesday. Tesla — Shares of the…