The broad market benchmark advanced 0.40% to close at 5,864.67. TheDow Jones Industrial Averagegained 36.86 points, or 0.09%, to end at 43,275.91. TheNasdaq Composite, led by a postearnings jump in Netflix, ended the day up 0.63% at 18,489.55. The three major averages clinched their ...
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Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Hits a Record as Wall Street Drifts Ahead of Federal Reserve's Meeting More Julia Demaree Nikhinson The New York Stock Exchange is shown behind the statue titled "Fearless Girl", Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in New York. (AP ...
"While the VIX typically moves in the opposite direction of the market, the VIX ended the week lower than it closed on Tuesday, signaling the options market expected less volatility even as the S&P 500 pulled back," Larkin said Monday. "Similar episodes since 1990 have been followed by large...
"There is just this battle, if you will, between people who think the Fed is late and the economy is slowing down, and those who think the economy is pretty healthy," Scott Helfstein, head of investment strategy at Global X, told MarketWatch. "That’s what’s flipping the market back...
Traders are widely expecting the Fed will ease its main interest rate at its meeting next week. That would be a third straight cut by the Fed after itbegan lowering rates in Septemberfrom a two-decade high. It’s hoping to support aslowing job marketaft...
The stock market slide to start the second quarter may have been foreshadowed by weak demand last week. Bank of America clients were net sellers of U.S. equities last week, according to a note from strategist Jill Carey Hall. "Excluding corp. clients – where flows are always positive (bu...
debt market, where yields on certain gilts (British government bonds) hit their highest levels in decades. Asia-Pacific Markets Ended Lower on Friday Asia-Pacific indices were in the red today as traders assessed several economic data points from Japan and reports from China that its central...
Stocks ended higher Thursday as investors parse details of the Fed's near-term strategy to tame the fastest inflation in forty years.
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla have added a collective $686 billion in market value on the week. That puts the group on track for its largest weekly market-cap haul since the week that ended Nov. 3, 2023, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The companies...