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Oct 5, 2016 3:04 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Up 112

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - Banks and energy companies led stocks to close higher on Wall Street, the AP reports. Banks benefited from an increase in bond yields, which will allow them to raise interest rates on loans. Bank of America rose 2% Tuesday. Higher prices for crude oil and natural gas helped send energy...

Markets Close Lower

Oct 4, 2016 3:04 PM CDT

Markets Close Lower

Dow ends day down 85

(Newser) - Stocks are closing broadly lower on Wall Street after an early gain faded away, the AP reports. Utilities and phone companies fell the most Tuesday as bond yields rose sharply, diminishing the appeal of those sectors as sources of income. AT&T lost 2%. Bank stocks bucked the downward trend...

Markets End the Day Lower

Oct 3, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Markets End the Day Lower

Dow drops 54

(Newser) - Stocks ended lower on Wall Street, by declines in real estate companies and utilities, the AP reports. Federal Realty Investment trust lost almost 4% Monday, one of the biggest declines in the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, which develops cancer drugs, slumped 5% after announcing that it...

Dow Ends Day Up 164

Sep 30, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Up 164

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street, led by big gains in bank stocks, the AP reports. Financial stocks were bouncing back Friday following a big drop a day earlier as worries eased over the outlook for Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest lender. Deutsche Bank's U.S.-listed shares...

Dow Drops 195

Sep 29, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Drops 195

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close lower

(Newser) - Stocks are ending lower on Wall Street, led by drops in drugmakers and banks. Mylan slumped 4% Thursday after senators called for an investigation into the company's pricing policies for the EpiPen allergy shot. Banks fell as worries grew about Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest lender. The bank's...

Dow Ends Day Up 110

Sep 28, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Up 110

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - Stocks are closing solidly higher after energy companies soared along with the price of crude oil, the AP reports. Energy stocks had their biggest one-day gain since January Wednesday after the price of crude jumped 5% on reports that OPEC nations had agreed to production cuts. Nine of the 10...

Dow Ends Day Up 133

Sep 27, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Up 133

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - US stocks are closing higher, with many of the biggest gains coming in technology and consumer stocks, the AP reports. Solid quarterly results from cruise line operator Carnival sent travel companies higher Tuesday. Carnival jumped 4%. Tech companies were also posting solid gains. Microsoft climbed 2%. Traders were encouraged by...

Dow Ends Day Down 166

Sep 26, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Down 166

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close lower

(Newser) - Banks led a broad decline on Wall Street as interest rates fell and the stock of a major German bank dropped sharply. Deutsche Bank's US-listed shares slumped 7% Monday after a report that the German government won't intervene with US officials who are pressing the bank to pay...

Dow Ends Day Up 98

Sep 22, 2016 3:11 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Up 98

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street, led by gains in high-dividend stocks a day after the Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates low, the AP reports. The newly created real estate sector did the best in the Standard & Poor's 500 index Thursday. That group was...

Dow Ends Day Up 163

Sep 21, 2016 3:07 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Up 163

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - Stocks closed solidly higher after the Federal Reserve held off on raising interest rates, the AP reports. The Fed said Wednesday the case for raising rates from their historic lows had strengthened, but said it wanted to see more improvements in the job market. High-dividend stocks such as utilities and...

Markets Close Slightly Higher

Sep 20, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Markets Close Slightly Higher

Led by gains in health care companies

(Newser) - Stocks are ending slightly higher on Wall Street, led by gains in health care companies, the AP reports. The gains the market made on Tuesday, while meager, were enough to break a two-day losing streak. Merck rose 1%, the second-biggest gain in the Dow Jones industrial average. General Electric rose...

Dow Ends Day Down 88

Sep 16, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Down 88

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close lower

(Newser) - Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street, led by declines in banks and energy companies, the AP reports. Deutsche Bank plunged 9% Friday after saying it won't pay the $14 billion the US government is asking for to settle claims over its handling of mortgage securities in the run-up...

Dow Ends Day Up 177

Sep 15, 2016 3:04 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Up 177

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street, led by gains in technology and health care companies, the AP reports. Apple rose again Thursday as investors became more optimistic about early sales of its newest iPhone models. The stock is up 12% this week. Among health care stocks, Merck gained 2%....

Dow Ends Day Down 32

Sep 14, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Down 32

S&P 500 down, Nasdaq up

(Newser) - US stocks surrendered early gains and finished mostly lower Wednesday as energy companies skidded with the price of oil, the AP reports. Apple led technology companies higher. The mixed finish came after three days of big, erratic moves. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 31.98 points, or 0.2%,...

Dow Ends Day Down 258

Sep 13, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Down 258

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close lower

(Newser) - Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street, led by declines in energy stocks as the price of crude oil took a tumble, the AP reports. The price of oil dropped 3% Tuesday after the International Energy Agency cut its forecast for global demand growth. Oil and gas companies took hefty...

Dow Drops 394

Sep 9, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Drops 394

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close lower

(Newser) - The stock market stumbled to its biggest loss since June as traders worried that interest rates may finally be heading higher, the AP reports. Stocks that had the most to lose from higher rates suffered the most in the sell-off Friday. Utilities and phone stocks, which investors have sought out...

Dow Ends Day Down 47

Sep 8, 2016 3:16 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Down 47

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close lower

(Newser) - Technology and consumer stocks pulled the broader market slightly lower, even as energy stocks rallied along with the price of oil, the AP reports. Apple slumped almost 3% Thursday, a day after the company released its latest version of the iPhone. Consumer stocks also did poorly. Pier 1 Imports dropped...

Dow Ends Day Down 12

Sep 7, 2016 3:11 PM CDT

Dow Ends Day Down 12

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close nearly flat

(Newser) - Stock indexes are closing nearly flat on Wall Street after drifting between small gains and losses most of the day, the AP reports. Investors weighted a mix of new economic data and their implications for a potential Federal Reserve rate hike. Supermarket chains and other consumer-focused companies were among the...

Energy Companies Take
Stocks Higher Tuesday

Sep 6, 2016 5:08 PM CDT

Energy Companies Take Stocks Higher Tuesday

And the Nasdaq closes at a record

(Newser) - Energy companies led US stocks higher Tuesday as investors hoped higher oil prices and bigger profits are on the way, the AP reports. And a number of companies announced deals following the Labor Day holiday. The Dow Jones industrial average picked up 46.16 points, or 0.2%, to 18,...

Hiring Slowdown
Sends Stocks Higher

Sep 2, 2016 3:20 PM CDT

Hiring Slowdown Sends Stocks Higher

Investors hoping Federal Reserve keeps interest rates low

(Newser) - Stocks are closing higher as investors hope that a slowdown in hiring last month will prompt the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low for longer, the AP reports. Utilities rose more than the rest of the market Friday. High-dividend stocks like utilities would benefit from low interest rates as...