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Stocks gained on Monday, looking to kick off August trading on a high note after a winning July.  The S&P 500 added about 0.5% shortly after market open and neared an all-time high. The Dow and Nasdaq also rose.  Equity investors are entering August with momentum from a sixth straight monthly gain, with the S&P 500 logging an advance of 2.3% in July. Both the Dow and Nasdaq also added more than 1% for the month.  These increases came alongside a strong season so far for quarterly corporate… Source link

Stock futures added to losses in late trading on Tuesday, with investors digesting a slew of Big Tech earnings results and looking ahead to another set of reports on Wednesday. A monetary policy statement from the Federal Reserve is also slated for release. Contracts on the S&P 500 dipped about 0.25% at the start of the overnight session. The index, as well as the Dow and Nasdaq, pulled back from record levels during the regular trading day.  Shares of Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) fell… Source link

Futures rallied in Thursday’s after-hours session, suggesting Wall Street would extend the previous day’s gains — and perhaps test new highs on Friday — after a rough start to the week. On Thursday, stocks notched slim gains in rangebound trading, but managed to stretch an improbable win streak into a third day, as traders struggled to decipher the meaning behind a surprise rise in unemployment. The head-spinning reversal from Monday’s drubbing to Thursday mini-rally was part of the… Source link

Stock futures opened lower Thursday evening to extend a risk-off mood in markets, with the three major indexes pulling back from record levels as concerns over the pace of the economic recovery flared.  Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked down. The index closed lower by 0.9% during the regular trading day, with the financials and industrial sectors coming in as the biggest laggards. The Dow and Nasdaq each also dropped during the session, but closed well off intraday lows. U.S. equity investors… Source link

Stock futures opened lower Wednesday evening as investors contemplated the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision and updated projections, which signaled a quicker path to higher interest rates than previously anticipated. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq added to earlier losses. Each of the three major stock indexes ended Wednesday’s session lower after the Fed’s new projections pointed to two rate hikes by year-end 2023. Federal Open Market Committee members also upgraded… Source link

Stock futures edged up Wednesday morning on the heels of a mixed session a day earlier, with the three major indexes struggling for direction at the start of June. Contracts on each of the three major indexes traded slightly above the flat line heading into the regular trading day. Brent and crude oil prices extended gains after hitting their highest levels since 2018 on Tuesday after OPEC+ suggested demand would rebound during the recovery and opted for gradual supply increases. Treasury… Source link

Stocks rose on Tuesday to extend a rally from a day earlier, with technology stocks outperforming as concerns over rising inflation were at least temporarily pushed to the side.  The S&P 500 ticked up after the index closed out Monday’s session higher by 1%. The Nasdaq and Dow also rose. The move higher in technology stocks came alongside a move lower in Treasury yields, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note hovering just below 1.6%. Cryptocurrency prices steadied, and Bitcoin prices… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. futures edged lower and Treasury yields extended gains ahead of a key Federal Reserve meeting at which officials will deliver their outlook for the economy amid a budding recovery that risks stoking inflation. Contracts on the S&P 500 traded modestly down, while those on the Nasdaq dropped 0.8%. Fuel-cell firm Plug Power Inc. plunged more than 20% in pre-market trading after it disclosed accounting errors. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell, and South Korean stocks retreated… Source link

Yahoo Finance Video Market Recap: Monday, March 8 Stocks ended mixed on Monday and Treasury yields climbed further after Congress made headway toward passing another significant COVID-19 relief package. The Dow surged to reach a record intraday high before paring some gains to end about 300 points, or 1%, higher on the day. The Nasdaq declined by 2%, adding to recent losses after the index closed out its third straight weekly decline last week amid a drawdown in tech and growth stocks. The… Source link

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