Shoppers at the new H Mart during their grand opening in Westminster, CA, on Thursday, August 7, 2025. Jeff Gritchen | Medianews Group | Getty Images It was a stellar day for markets as all three major U.S. stock indexes closed at record highs on Wednesday. That’s despite a sharper-than-expected month-on-month growth in U.S. consumer…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading Thursday after the market surged to fresh records as investors took signs of weakening jobs and tame inflation to mean the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates next week. Futures on the Dow Jones…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Sept. 11 1. Wall Street was heading for a higher open today, which would add to yesterday’s record-high close for the S & P 500. This morning’s inflation and jobless claims data didn’t change the near lock on a 25-basis-point Federal Reserve interest rate cut at next week’s…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Opendoor Technologies – The meme stock soared 33.6% after the online real estate platform named Shopify executive Kaz Nejatian as its next CEO . Former chief executive Carrie Wheeler resigned last month under pressure from investors. Oxford Industries — The Tommy Bahama and Lilly…
Traders work on the floor as a screen displays the logo for Swedish fintech Klarna, during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters S&P 500 futures are flat on Wednesday night, following another day of record highs, as Wall Street awaited…
Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Thursday after Wall Street continued to reach record highs over Fed-rate cut hopes and positive inflation data. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.23% in early trade, while the Topix index retreated 0.18%. South Korea’s Kospi advanced 0.67%, and the small-cap Kosdaq was up 0.2%. Over in Australia, the ASX/S&P 200 declined…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer explained why he thinks newly-minted IPO Klarna is a buy even after shares climbed during its first trading session. “While Klarna roared right out of the gate, the stock hasn’t gone to an insane valuation yet. I think the numbers look good, so I think it can be bought at these levels,”…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer was just astounded by the 40% surge in Oracle stock to all-time highs on Wednesday, calling it life-changing for the individual investors who owned a lot of shares. “I have been saying [for decades] you can get rich in individual stocks,” Cramer told members of the CNBC Investing Club. He pointed to…
Several Wall Street firms hiked their year-end outlooks for the S & P 500 , citing continued strength in the artificial intelligence trade and easing concerns tied to tariffs. Deutsche Bank said the broad index can now ended the year at 7,000, up from 6,550. Wells Fargo said it expects the average to finish 2025…
One Wall Street strategist is wary of the near-term market outlook, even as the consensus grows more optimistic. JPMorgan equity strategist Dubravko Lakos-Bujas is worried the S & P 500 could suffer a near term pullback of roughly 5% to 8%, equal to the benchmark index slumping as low as 6,200 or 6,000, respectively, and…