The stock market will enter the third week of the government shutdown after a five-day run of market volatility shaped by US-China trade relations. At the closing bell on Friday, the S&P 500 (^GSPC), tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC), and Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) all managed to eke out wins to cap a volatile week…
US stocks fell on Thursday as Wall Street assessed an unexpected decline in jobless claims, complicating the calculus for interest rate cuts amid uncertainty about Federal Reserve unity on policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) dropped 0.1%, and the S&P 500 (^GSPC) lost roughly 0.4%. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slid over 0.5%…
Micron stock (MU) jumped roughly 8.5% Thursday morning to about $152, the biggest leap since April, when shares jumped roughly 19%. Thursday’s gain put the chipmaker on track for a record close. The gain came as Citi analyst Christopher Danely lifted his price target on shares to $175 from $150, maintaining his Buy rating on…
Micron stock (MU) jumped roughly 8.5% Thursday morning to about $152, the biggest leap since April, when shares jumped roughly 19%. Thursday’s gain put the chipmaker on track for a record close. The gain came as Citi analyst Christopher Danely lifted his price target on shares to $175 from $150, maintaining his Buy rating on…
New federal labor data shows U.S. workers filed 263,000 claims for unemployment benefits last week, the highest level since October 2021 and another sign the job market is cooling. The Department of Labor reported Thursday that claims for the week ending Sept. 6 were up 27,000 from the previous week’s revised level, a major jump that…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist World markets got the week off to a subdued start on Monday, although the Nasdaq nudged a new high, as a light earnings and data calendar allowed investors to digest the latest tariff-related news…
US stock futures tipped higher on Friday after the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) vaulted to their latest records on fresh signs of strength in the US economy. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) rose 0.2%. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (ES=F) were up 0.1%, while those on the tech-focused Nasdaq 100…
Layoffs across the U.S. this year have climbed to their highest level since the pandemic slammed the economy in 2020, new labor data shows. In the first half of 2025, companies announced 744,308 job cuts nationwide, the highest tally since the first six months of 2020, when employers cut nearly 1.6 million jobs in response…
Layoffs across the U.S. this year have climbed to their highest level since the pandemic slammed the economy in 2020, new labor data shows. In the first half of 2025, companies announced 744,308 job cuts nationwide, the highest tally since the first six months of 2020, when employers cut nearly 1.6 million jobs in response…
Finding a job can be a tall order in today’s economy, given the recent slowdown in hiring. For those searching, a new study on the best job markets in the United States may come in handy. With an eye toward job-hunters’ needs, SmartAsset ranked 348 U.S. cities based on six factors from the most recent Census Bureau…