^GSPC - S&P 500
| Previous Close | 2,840.69 |
| Open | 2,838.32 |
| Volume | 1,187,460,861 |
| Day's Range | 2,833.73 - 2,852.88 |
| 52 Week Range | 2,417.35 - 2,872.87 |
| Avg. Volume | 3,353,606,093 |
- Yahoo Finance•2 hours ago
U.S. consumers have no tolerance for inflation
Inflation pressures are increasing in the U.S. economy and they are starting to dent consumer confidence.
Yahoo Finance Video•4 hours agoTrump asks SEC to end quarterly earnings reports
The president tweeted earlier that he has asked the SEC to look into eliminating quarterly earnings reporting. Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Alan Valdes of Silverbear Capital break down the details.
Yahoo Finance Video•22 hours agoMarket recap for Thursday, August 16th
The Dow pops for its best day in 4 months
- Reuters•9 minutes ago
Wall Street surges on news of trade progress
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial average extended earlier gains and the Nasdaq turned positive on Friday on reports of potential progress in easing trade tensions between the United States and its trading partners. "Any conversations we have with China to come up with a deal and any conversations we have with Mexico would be seen as a win for the U.S.," said Jeffrey Frankel, president at Stuart Frankel & Co, in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) rose 148.81 points, or 0.58 percent, to 25,707.54, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 11.7 points, or 0.41 percent, to 2,852.39 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) added 13.00 points, or 0.17 percent, to 7,819.52.
Reuters•9 minutes agoWall Street surges on news of trade progress
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial average extended earlier gains and the Nasdaq turned positive on Friday on reports of potential progress in easing trade tensions between the United States and its trading partners. "Any conversations we have with China to come up with a deal and any conversations we have with Mexico would be seen as a win for the U.S.," said Jeffrey Frankel, president at Stuart Frankel & Co, in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) rose 148.81 points, or 0.58 percent, to 25,707.54, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 11.7 points, or 0.41 percent, to 2,852.39 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) added 13.00 points, or 0.17 percent, to 7,819.52.
- MarketWatch•37 minutes ago
Index fund investors will fail in a bear market if they can’t pass this test
Maybe we shouldn’t be judging investment advisers according to whether or not they can beat the market. How to tell the difference between a market crash and a correction Words like market 'selloff', 'crash', 'meltdown', and 'correction' have been bandied about by traders and analysts in ways that can make investors cringe.
Associated Press•59 minutes agoIndustrials, health care companies help US stocks higher
U.S. stocks are slightly higher Friday afternoon as strong sales from Deere help industrial companies and a dip in bond yields sends high-dividend companies upward. Health care companies are up but chipmakers ...
- TheStreet.com•1 hour ago
Dow Trades Higher, Nasdaq Slides as Chipmakers Fall
The Dow ended Thursday, Aug. 16, up 396 points, or 1.58%, to 25,558. fell 4.5% on Friday after the chipmaker beat earnings and sales estimates for its fiscal second quarter but issued weaker-than-expected third-quarter guidance because of declining demand for cryptocurrencies.
- CNBC•2 hours ago
US stocks march higher in 2018 even as a stronger dollar, trade battles hobble overseas markets
Global equity markets are having a tough 2018, beset by a barrage of trade and tariff headlines, fears of slower GDP growth in China, and a more expensive U.S. dollar. While the S&P 500 is up more than 6 percent, the iShares MSCI China exchange-traded fund is down more than 12 percent so far this year. "Trade policy is a negative and people look at the direct impacts on tariffs, but they also create general uncertainty," said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James.
Market Realist•2 hours agoIs Oil Diminishing Broader Market Prospects?
On August 9–16, US equity indexes had the following correlations with US crude oil September futures: the S&P Mid-Cap 400 (IVOO): 46.9% the S&P 500 (SPY): 38.7% the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA): 32.5%
- Investing.com•2 hours ago
Stocks - Wall Street Opens Down as Chip Stocks Struggle
Investing.com - Stocks started the day lower on Wall Street Friday, as global market selling on a further tumble in the Turkish lira hit the broader market and weakness in semiconductor earnings hit technology shares.
