U.S. stocks opened little changed after rallying all week, and were still on track for a second consecutive weekly gain after President Donald Trump softened his tone on tariffs, and called for lower interest rates and cheaper oil in his first week back in the White House. Trump suggested 25% duties on Canada and Mexico…
U.S. stocks took a breather, opening mostly lower on Thursday after two days of rallies this week that pushed the broad S&P 500 index to an intraday record high on Wednesday. So far, investors have been relieved President Donald Trump has backed away from aggressive, across-the-board tariffs during his first days in office. However, Trump…
Strong corporate earnings and technology shares boosted Wall Street at Wednesday’s open, with the broad S&P 500 index closing in on its record high. Netflix shares soared to a record high after the streaming giant reported a blowout quarter. Oracle, Nvidia and Microsoft and other artificial intelligence-linked stocks surged after the leaders of SoftBank, Oracle and…
U.S. stock markets will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on Nov. 2, 1983, thus designating the third Monday in January a federal holiday in observance of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,…
Wall Street opened in the green ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House on Monday. President-elect Trump’s inauguration is Monday, and his first days are expected to be filled with a flurry of executive orders on day one. “Reports suggest 100 or more,” wrote Morgan Stanley analysts in a report. Any signals of…
Friday the 13th didn’t spook investors with U.S. stocks little changed on the day as investors bided time until the Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday. The broad S&P 500 index dipped 0.16 point, or essentially stayed flat, to close Friday at 6,051.09. For the week, it slipped 0.6% to snap a three-week winning streak. The…
United States stock markets will be closing early on Friday, Nov. 29 after being closed altogether on Thursday, Nov. 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange are both closed on Thanksgiving and will re-open on Nov. 29, but shut down early at 1 p.m. ET. The U.S. bond market will also be…