AP – A drop in oil prices and strong bond auctions in Europe drove stocks to a slightly higher close Thursday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose for the fourth straight day.
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Read More »AP – A QUIET DAY: Stocks were nearly flat. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 21 points to 12,418. The Standard & Poor’s 500 inched up a fraction of a point; the Nasdaq fell a fraction of a point.
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AP – An early rally fizzled on the stock market Friday but still left the Standard & Poor’s 500 index up 7.4 percent for the week, its biggest gain since March 2009.
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AP – A weekend of strong holiday shopping in the U.S. and radical proposals for stanching Europe’s debt crisis sent stocks soaring Monday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index broke a seven-day losing streak and the Dow Jones industrial average jumped 291 points, its biggest gain in a month.
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Read More »AP – The two best-known stock market indexes will be jointly owned under a new venture between the companies that operate the Standard & Poor’s 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average.
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AP – A broad rally swept through the stock market Friday after McDonald’s and several other large companies reported solid earnings. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed higher for the third straight week, its best run since February, as hope builds that a weekend meeting will bring European leaders closer to easing the region’s debt troubles.
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AP – The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 1.6 percent early Tuesday, bringing it into what many consider to be a bear market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell near a record low as investors piled into lower-risk assets.
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Read More »Reuters – The U.S. Standard & Poor’s 500 index is expected to finish the year down for the first time in three years as an escalating European debt crisis and stalling U.S. economy lead strategists to slash forecasts in the latest Reuters poll.
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