^RUT - Russell 2000
| Previous Close | 1,628.221558 |
| Open | 1,627.928223 |
| Volume | 0 |
| Day's Range | 1,623.952148 - 1,628.726196 |
| 52 Week Range | 1,349.349976 - 1,639.890015 |
| Avg. Volume | 34,633,864 |
Yahoo Finance Video•3 hours agoMARKETS: Stocks stuck in purgatory; Durable Goods points to strong Q2 GDP
Yahoo Finance's Alexis Christoforous and Jared Blikre break down the latest market action. As of 12:45 pm ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average components ranked highest to lowest are: INTC Intel Corp 1.06% MCD McDonald's Corp 0.79% AAPL Apple Inc 0.69% UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc 0.64% PG Procter & Gamble Co 0.58% NKE Nike Inc Cl B 0.43% MSFT Microsoft Corp 0.35% TRV The Travelers Companies Inc 0.27% HD Home Depot Inc 0.18% BA Boeing Co 0.12% DIS Disney (Walt) Co 0.10% KO Coca-Cola Co -0.06% IBM Intl Business Machines Corp -0.14% WMT Wal-Mart Stores -0.14% MRK Merck & Co -0.27% JNJ Johnson & Johnson -0.38% UTX United Technologies -0.43% CSCO Cisco Systems -0.48% V Visa Inc -0.46% GS Goldman Sachs Grp -0.53% JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co -0.54% VZ Verizon Communications -0.55% MMM 3M Co -0.56% PFE Pfizer Inc -0.82% GE General Electric Co -0.82% AXP American Express Co -1.12% CAT Caterpillar Inc -1.19% DWDP DowDuPont Inc -1.30% XOM Exxon Mobil -2.69% CVX Chevron Corp -4.19%
Associated Press•10 minutes agoOil prices fall sharply, pulling energy companies with them
NEW YORK (AP) — Energy companies and oil prices are falling sharply again Friday on reports OPEC countries plan to produce more oil soon. Airlines are climbing as investors anticipate lower fuel costs. Overall, major market indexes are mostly lower. Another decline in bond yields is hurting banks but helping dividend-payers like household goods makers. Gap is plunging after it had a weak first quarter as its namesake brand continued to struggle.
- Barrons.com•18 minutes ago
Intraday Update: Reasons to Worry Heading Into the Long Weekend
Today, the Dow has fallen 60.77 points, or 0.2%, to 24,750.99, while the S&P 500 has dropped 0.3% to 2721.07 and the Nasdaq Composite has advanced 0.2%, to 7442.3. Except for one problem: The average stock in the S&P 500 isn't outperforming. Leuthold Group's Doug Ramsey notes that the equal-weighted S&P 500 has been underperforming the regular S&P 500 this year, even as the Russell 2000 has outperformed. "On the face of it, it’s difficult to argue the stock market has narrowed, what with the Russell 2000 and all major daily advance/decline measures making record highs over the last week," Ramsey writes.
Associated Press•14 hours agoAsian shares lower as NKorea cancellation adds uncertainty
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stock indexes were mostly lower Friday as investors factored in fresh geopolitical uncertainty following the abrupt cancellation of a meeting between the U.S. and North Korean leaders.
- MarketWatch•17 hours ago
Spend your money on emerging-markets travel, not stocks and bonds
Once again, investors are learning the hard way about the pitfalls of investing in emerging-market stocks and bonds. The Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) has lost roughly 4% in 2018, compared with a 1.5% gain in the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI). The iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMB) is down about 5% so far in 2018, vs. a roughly 2% year-to-date loss in the iShares Core Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) .
- Associated Press•21 hours ago
How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
U.S. stocks finished mostly lower Thursday as energy companies skidded along with oil prices. The market dropped after President Donald Trump said he canceled a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but recovered most of those losses.
Associated Press•yesterdayOf Mutual Interest: Can small caps keep living large?
Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China have battered the stock market overall recently, and the S&P 500, which tracks large U.S. companies, has yet to recover the steep losses it took as investors worried about a possible trade war that could slow the growth of the global economy. Within the market's recent bout of turbulence, however, smaller companies have fared much better than larger ones. Brent Schutte, the chief investment strategist at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management in Milwaukee, said the difference can be attributed to the fact that investors anticipate that smaller companies, which are far more U.S.-focused than large multinationals, are less likely to suffer if tensions with China and other trading partners escalate.
- Zacks•yesterday
Trump Hints at Further Tax Cuts by November: 5 Solid Picks
Trump hints at more tax cuts. Apportioning money in U.S.-focused companies seems an investment masterstroke.
Associated Press•yesterdayGlobal stocks subdued as US mulls auto import tariffs
BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets were subdued Thursday as carmakers' shares fell after the Trump administration said it was investigating imposing new tariffs on imports of autos and auto parts.
- TheStreet.com•yesterday
What to Watch Now
It took exactly one hour into the trading day for the puts to start piling up. Almost every time we have seen the market rise we have seen the options buyers yearn for more as the put/call ratio falls. Almost every time we have seen the market fall we have seen the options buyers yearn for more as the put/call ratio falls.
- Yahoo Finance Video•yesterday
Trump cancels meeting with Kim Jong-Un
President Trump has called off his highly anticipated meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. Yahoo Finance's Seana Smith, Dan Roberts, Dion Rabouin and Ethan Wolff-Mann discuss.
- CNBC Videos•22 hours ago
Closing Bell Exchange: Stocks rebound off lows
Keith Bliss, Drive Wealth LLC; Kim Forrest, Fort Pitt Capital; and CNBC's Rick Santelli, discuss the day's market activity following Trump's announcement he will not meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
- CNBC Videos•2 days ago
Avoiding the 'headline bombs out of Washington'
It is better to base investment decisions on macroeconomic fundamentals than the noisy news flow, says Nicholas Ferres of Vantage Point Asset Management.
