The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 100.58 points, or 0.36%, at the open to 27,580.66
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 54.70 points, or 0.20%, at the open to 27,402.06
The week greeted investors with several doses of positive news, as the signs of progress joined with expectations for further monetary stimulus from the Fed after its Wednesday meeting
The pound fluctuated close to its strongest level since May
Monster Beverage up against Amazon, Coca-Cola and Vital's Bang
The S&P 500 fell 1.9 per cent, as stock market investors grew concerned about the outlook for economic growth
Chinese investors helped push up shares of two US-listed Chinese firms that came under attacks from American activist funds
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's job was not in jeopardy
The S&P 500 Index fell 1.9 percent as of 4 p.m. New York time, the biggest drop in a week
Wall Street continues to be dogged by signs of cooling growth and worries that escalating tensions between the United States and China could scuttle their fragile trade truce
US stocks finished a punishing session sharply lower Wednesday, with major indices sinking more than two per cent and the Dow and S&P 500 tumbling and wiping out all the 2018 gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 2.4 per cent to close at 24,583.42, a single day loss of more than 600 points. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index plummeted 4.4 per cent to finish at 7,108.40, posting its worst day since 2011, while the broad-based S&P 500 sank 3.1 per cent to 2,656.15. The losses followed a mixed day of corporate earnings that analysts fear signal the economy is exiting the "peak" earnings environment helped by US tax cuts that were enacted late last year. Investors also have been unnerved by comments from industrial companies saying trade conflicts have raised material costs. "Costs are increasing and it's often tariff-related. We also reached a potential peak for earnings," said Nate Thooft, senior managing director at Manulife Mutual Funds. "Companies that show marginal .
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks tumbled on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow marking their biggest daily declines since Feb. 8, and technology stocks were at the centre of the carnage as rising U.S. Treasury yields sent investors fleeing from risky assets.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow hit a record closing high on Tuesday, but another drop in Facebook shares weighed on both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, driving both to finish in the red.
The escalating trade dispute between China and US has weighed heavily on the equity markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 hit a more than five-month high on Friday on gains in industrials and energy companies, while the safe-haven U.S. dollar flattened after touching a two-week high.
Trump ordered up identification of $200 bn in Chinese imports for additional tariffs of 10%, with another $200 bn after that if Beijing retaliates
Wall Street dropped sharply at the open on fears of an escalating trade war between two countries after Trump threatened to slap an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods
The year started strong, but early gains evaporated as the markets entered a correction over interest rate jitters
Facebook hit a session low of $149, erasing its market capitalisation by $100 billion since the scandal unfolded last week
Stock markets were gripped by fears of a global trade war after President Donald Trump last week moved to impose tariffs on Chinese imports of up to $60 billion