Stocks on Wall Street opened slightly lower on Tuesday after posting their longest rise this year, amid hopes that Jerome Powell will signal the Federal Reserve is ready for a deeper cut when it begins cutting interest rates. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) remained at the flat line after the benchmark index gained for eight days […]
Economic concerns that weighed on stocks in early August have continued to ease in recent days, allowing Wall Street to post its best week of the year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite led the way with a weekly gain of 5.3%, followed by the S&P 500, up 3.9%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, up 2.9%. […]
Nervousness on the stock market is spreading quickly. Just a few weeks after the major market indices have reached their peak, share prices are plummeting, Nasdaq-Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) was already in a correction phase (a decline of more than 10% from the recent high). Stock prices fell sharply for the third day in a row […]
Julia La Roche for Business Insider US stock indices rose sharply on Thursday as new jobless claims data boosted investor confidence. The Dow gained 683 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose 2.3 percent and 32.8 percent, respectively. The S&P 500 had its best day since 2022, recouping losses from Monday’s big sell-off. U.S. […]
