West Texas Intermediate crude futures, the US benchmark, settled at $72.56 a barrel. Both are down over the past month. The read-through to airline stocks? In the event of further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, higher oil prices could push up the p...
What’s happening: President Joe Biden isweighing a planto release around 1 million barrels per day for a number of months. The announcement could come as soon as Thursday, according to a person familiar with the deliberations. Brent crude futures, the global benchmark, dipped 6% in early tr...
Today on 'Markets Now:' Why the Fed might change its rate-cut strategy after October From CNN Business' Paul R. La Monica The Federal Reserve is meeting on Wednesday. And unless it wants to anger stock and bond investors and US President Donald Trump, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will cut ...
Dow futures rose 0.3%. S&P 500 futures pointed up 0.4%, while Nasdaq futures gained 0.5%. Europe’s main markets have opened higher after news of the loan to Credit Suisse. In the opening minutes of trade, the UK’s FTSE 100 was up more than 1% and the French...
Markets check before the bell From CNN Business' Ivana Kottasová US futures are pointing higher. US stocks notched another win last week despite investor jitters over trade tensions. The Dow closed down 0.3% on Friday, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq added 0.1%. This is a big week...
Markets check before the bell From CNN Business' Charles Riley US stock futures are pointing higher. US stocks were helped by a Wall Street Journal report Thursday that said the Trump administration was debating whether to lift tariffs on China in order to calm markets and encourage Beijing ...
US stocks tick higher in premarket trading From CNN's Nicole Goodkind The US futures market edged up slightly Sunday after President Joe Biden announced he would step down as the Democratic nominee in the 2024 presidential election. Futures tied to the S&P 500 added 0.2%, while Dow Jones ...
Futures for the Dow are down 36 points, or 0.1%, while those for the S&P 500 are down 0.2%. Nasdaq Composite futures are off by 0.2%. Stocks edged higher Tuesday as investors were digesting the latest developments in commodities markets. Attacks on Saudi Arabian oil production facilities ov...
US stock futures are edging lower. As American markets reopen from a holiday weekend today, we’ll be watching how they react to two things: the IMF’s warning that the world economy is slowing, and China posting its slowest pace of economic growth since 1990. “The latest report from...
Markets in Asia and Europe staged a modest recovery Tuesday, and Dow futures gained more than 1,000 points a day after novel coronavirus fears and an oil price war sparked a worldwide panic. The mood among investors was helped by news of President Donald Trump’s plan to propose “signifi...