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Dow Ends Day Up 257
 Dow Ends Day Up 257 
Feb 17, 2016 3:21 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 257

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - US stocks are closing higher for the third day in a row, led by gains in energy companies following another big rise in the price of crude oil. Chevron jumped 4% Wednesday, the biggest gain in the Dow Jones industrial average. Technology stocks also did well. Facebook rose nearly 4%....

Dow Ends Day Up 222
 Dow Ends Day Up 222 
Feb 16, 2016 3:21 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 222

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - Stocks are closing broadly higher as the market notches its second sizable gain in a row. The gains Tuesday were led by retail and industrial companies. Several stocks were moving on encouraging news about company earnings and deals. Home security company ADT soared 48% after agreeing to be acquired. Restaurant...

Dow Ends Day Up 313
 Dow Ends Day Up 313 
Feb 12, 2016 3:23 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 313

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - US stocks ended a down week on an up note, finishing sharply higher on the strength of energy and financial shares. It was the market's first up day since late last week. Despite the rebound Friday, the major indexes ended the week down about 1%. The Dow Jones industrial...

Dow Ends Day Down 254
 Dow Ends Day Down 254 
Feb 11, 2016 3:14 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Down 254

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close lower

(Newser) - US stocks fell for the fourth day in a row as concerns about global economic weakness intensified, even as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated her confidence in the US economy. Financial stocks fell hardest Thursday as investors worried that interest rates in the US and elsewhere would remain low...

Dow Is Diving Yet Again
 Dow Is Diving Yet Again 
Feb 11, 2016 10:41 AM CST

Dow Is Diving Yet Again

Market was down nearly 400 in the early hours of trading

(Newser) - It's looking like another brutal day on Wall Street. US stocks moved sharply lower early Thursday following steep market declines all around the world, reports the AP . The Dow was down nearly 400 points about 11:30am Eastern, or 2.3%, while Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were...

Dow Ends Day Down 99
 Dow Ends Day Down 99 
Feb 10, 2016 3:17 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Down 99

Stock market sees a mixed finish

(Newser) - An early rally on the stock market was mostly gone by the closing bell, leaving indexes with a mixed finish after being up most of the day. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 99 points Wednesday, or 0.6%, to 15,914. The Standard & Poor's 500 index slipped...

Stocks See Another Bumpy Day
 Stocks See Another Bumpy Day 
Feb 9, 2016 3:21 PM CST

Stocks See Another Bumpy Day

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq all close slightly lower

(Newser) - Stocks are ending slightly lower after another bumpy day. Major indexes wavered between gains and losses for most of the day Tuesday, then ended barely in the red. Energy companies once again suffered the biggest losses as the price of oil took another tumble. Consol Energy sank 12%. The Dow...

Stocks Fall Sharply Amid Bank, Tech Selloff

Facebook sinks 4% and Amazon 3%

(Newser) - A steep sell-off in stocks got a little less bad by the end of the day, but it still left indexes down sharply for the second day in a row. Banks and technology shares fell sharply Monday. Facebook sank 4% and Amazon, which more than doubled last year, lost 3%....

Dow Ends Week Down 211
 Dow Ends Week Down 211 
Feb 5, 2016 3:19 PM CST

Dow Ends Week Down 211

S&P 500, Nasdaq also down

(Newser) - US stocks closed sharply lower after a weak jobs report cast doubt on the strength of the US economy. Technology stocks were especially hard hit, leading a broad decline Friday that included all sectors except utilities. Other big losers were energy and consumer discretionary stocks, down because oil prices fell...

Dow Ends Day Up 79
 Dow Ends Day Up 79 
Feb 4, 2016 3:19 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 79

S&P 500, Nasdaq also modestly higher

(Newser) - Stocks are ending modestly higher after a day of wobbling between slight gains and losses. Materials companies notched some of the biggest gains Thursday as prices for metals and other commodities ended mostly higher. Copper miner Freeport McMoRan jumped 18% and metals maker Alcoa rose 10%. The Dow Jones industrial...

Dow Ends Day Up 183
 Dow Ends Day Up 183 
Feb 3, 2016 3:23 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 183

S&P 500 also up, but Nasdaq is down

(Newser) - Stocks closed mostly higher after a surge in the price of crude oil gave a respite to the beaten-down energy sector. US crude jumped 8% Wednesday, continuing a wild ride that sent prices plunging over the previous two days. Many of the top gainers in the market were energy companies....

Dow Ends Day Down 295
 Dow Ends Day Down 295 
Feb 2, 2016 3:17 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Down 295

S&P 500, Nasdaq also down

(Newser) - Energy companies led a broad retreat on the stock market as prices for crude oil and natural gas took another tumble. Bank stocks also got beaten down Tuesday as investors worry that lenders could suffer if loans to overextended energy companies go bad. Several stocks also lost ground after reporting...

Stocks Down as Oil, Gas Prices Plunge

Energy sector takes another blow

(Newser) - Stocks are closing mostly lower after another steep drop in oil and natural gas prices pulled energy companies down. Prices for crude oil and natural gas each slumped about 6% Monday, the latest blow to the beleaguered energy sector. Oil and gas companies took heavy losses. Devon Energy sank 7%...

Dow Ends Day Up 396
 Dow Ends Day 
 Up 396 
Jan 29, 2016 3:23 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 396

S&P 500, Nasdaq also soar

(Newser) - Stocks soared on the last trading day of January, led by big gains in technology companies after Microsoft turned in a strong quarter. Visa and MasterCard also joined the rally in technology Friday, and several other companies also surged on strong earnings. Consol Energy jumped along with the price of...

Dow Ends Day Down 222
 Dow Ends Day Down 222 
Jan 27, 2016 3:23 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Down 222

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close lower

(Newser) - The stock market gave up a modest gain and turned lower after the Federal Reserve issued a cautious assessment of how the US economy was doing. The Fed said in its latest policy statement that it was concerned about how turbulence in global economics and finance could affect US growth....

Dow Ends Day Up 282
 Dow Ends Day Up 282 
Jan 26, 2016 3:22 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 282

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - US stocks closed sharply higher as the price of crude oil made another sudden turn, this time to the upside. The price of oil surge almost 4% Tuesday, reversing a slump from the day before. Chevron and Exxon Mobil each jumped 4%. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 282 points,...

Stocks Slip, Oil Skids 6%
 Stocks Slip, Oil Skids 6% 
Jan 25, 2016 3:19 PM CST

Stocks Slip, Oil Skids 6%

Chevron, Exxon each sink 3%

(Newser) - US stocks are closing lower as the beleaguered energy sector took another blow from falling oil prices, the AP reports. Chevron and Exxon Mobil each fell 3% Monday, among the biggest losses in the Dow Jones industrial average. The price of crude oil dropped nearly 6% to $30 a barrel...

Energy Stocks Lead Broad Rally as Oil Price Soars

It was the first weekly gain for stocks in a month

(Newser) - Stocks are closing out their first weekly gain in four weeks, led by a surge in energy and technology stocks. Oil stocks soared Friday after the price of crude jumped 9%, clawing back more of the ground it has lost since the beginning of the year. Apple led a broad...

Dow Rebounds, Ends Day Up 115

S&P 500, Nasdaq also up

(Newser) - US stocks are closing higher, led by a rebound in oil and gas companies as energy prices recovered from a steep drop the day before. Many of the top gainers in the Standard & Poor's 500 index Thursday were energy companies. Consol Energy and Southwestern Energy each soared 19%....

Dow Ends Day Down 249
 Dow Ends Day Down 249 
Jan 20, 2016 3:26 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Down 249

Nasdaq, S&P 500 also down

(Newser) - US stocks recovered much of an early plunge , but the price of oil suffered its worst one-day drop since September. Energy companies were pummeled as the latest fall in oil threatened more damage to an industry that has been stricken with bankruptcies, layoffs, and other cutbacks. Exxon Mobil fell 4%...

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