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Wall Street rebounds from Omicron selloff after strong Nike, Micron results

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 539.76 points, or 1.55%, to 35,471.92, the S&P 500 gained 72.79 points, or 1.59%, to 4,640.81

Asian stocks firm after Wall Street rout, but Omicron variant risks loom

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Asian shares advanced on Tuesday, shrugging off a bruising Wall Street session, as Chinese markets cheered Beijing's move to help troubled property firms, although surging cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant remain a worry for investors.

Wall Street ends lower on Omicron concern, Biden spending plan setbacks

US stocks ended trading down by more than 1%, pressured lower by surging Omicron coronavirus cases and a possible fatal blow to a $1.75 trillion domestic spending bill

Wall Street falls after slide in Big Tech stocks; Dow declines 500 pts

Heavyweight tech shares fall, financials erase gains; Oracle falls on report co in talks to buy Cerner

Sensex sheds 889pts, Nifty gives up 17k; RIL, financials weigh; Infy up 3%

The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended with losses of 2.4 per cent and 2.1 per cent, respectively. Declining stocks outpaced advancing shares in more than 2:1 ratio

Investors eye US Federal Reserve to plot next move in Omicron fog

Omicron remains a wild card in the equation with the full impact of the new coronavirus variant as yet unclear, analysts said

Sensex slips 329pts, Nifty ends 104pts lower; Bajaj twins, ITC, TCS slip

The broader markets also weakened towards the end of the trading session; Sun Pharma, however, gained nearly 3 per cent.

Wall Street rises as inflation data meets estimates; Dow up 85 pts

US consumer prices increase further in November; Oracle leaps on upbeat quarterly results, outlook

Wall Street pauses after sharp rally this week; healthcare sole gainer

Nine of the 11 major S&P sectors declined in early trading; CVS rises on 2021 profit forecast raise, 2022 outlook

Sensex ends 157 pts higher, Nifty reclaims 17,500; ITC surges 5%, L&T 3%

The broader markets logged smart gains for the third straight trading session; Advancing shares outnumbered declining stocks in nearly 2:1 ratio on the BSE

Covid outbreak at Jefferies casts a pall over US banks' return to office

Investment bank Jefferies Financial Group on Wednesday asked staff to work from home again due to a spate of Covid-19 cases

Wall Street hits reset after market 'froth' but Fed Reserve fears loom

Uncertainties remain over Omicron even as optimism it may cause milder illness has helped boost markets

Big Tech, chipmakers power Nasdaq as Omicron worries subside; Dow up 1.3%

Intel jumps on plans to list self-driving car unit while Merck slips on pausing enrollment in HIV-1 trials; travel shares join rebound

Global stocks follow Wall Street higher as Omicron fears ease

Global stock markets followed Wall Street higher Tuesday as anxiety about the coronavirus's latest variant eased and China reported stronger November trade figures than expected. London and Frankfurt opened higher. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel for a second day. Wall Street futures were higher after the chief White House medical adviser said Monday the omicron variant might be less dangerous. That might allow travel and business restrictions to ease. Reports from South Africa, where omicron first was spotted, that hospitals haven't been overwhelmed is fuelling some optimism among traders who sold earlier, said Yeap Jun Rong of IG in a report. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London gained 1% to 7,302.61 and Frankfurt's DAX advanced 1.6% to 15,623.97. The CAC 40 in Paris added 1.7% to 6,982.63. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 future was up 1% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.8%. On Monday, the S&P 500 rose ...

Dow bounces back 575 pts on cyclical boost; Nvidia leads tech stocks lower

Nvidia slips on uncertainty around Arm deal; Kohl's up as Engine Capital urges for sale of e-commerce

Sensex plunges 949pts, Nifty ends 285pts lower; Airtel, RIL, IT shares drag

The broader markets also weakened towards the end of the trade, and the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended with a loss of 1.4 per cent each

World shares mostly higher after broad rally on Wall Street

Stocks were mostly higher in Europe and Asia after a broad rally on Wall Street as investors awaited US employment and other data due out Friday. Concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus variant and measures governments are taking to restrain it remained, but appeared to have been assuaged by reports that its symptoms seem to be mild and vaccines appear to protect against severe illness. Germany's DAX advanced 0.7% to 15,361.76. The CAC 40 in Paris added 0.5% to 6,831.75 and Britain's FTSE 100 picked up 0.3% to 7,147.30. The future for the Dow industrials gained 0.3% while that for the S&P 500 edged 0.1% higher. Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Global Inc said Friday it will pull out of the New York Stock Exchange and shift its listing to Hong Kong as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over tech industries. The Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to require that US-listed foreign stocks like Didi's disclose their ownership structures and audit reports, ..

Asian shares mixed after a broad rally on Wall Street amid Omicron concerns

Stocks were mixed in Asia on Friday after a broad rally on Wall Street as investors kept an eye on the spread of the new coronavirus variant and measures governments are taking to restrain it. Hong Kong slipped more than 1% while Tokyo edged lower. Shanghai and Seoul were higher while Sydney was nearly unchanged. Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Global Inc said Friday it will pull out of the New York Stock Exchange and shift its listing to Hong Kong as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over tech industries. The Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to require that US-listed foreign stocks like Didi disclose their ownership structures and audit reports, which could lead to some of them being delisted. Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 1.2% to 23,510.15, while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo edged 0.2% lower, to 27,692.34. In Seoul, the Kospi gained 0.4% to 2,957.86. Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 was less than 0.1% higher, at 7,228.50. The Shanghai Composite index gained 0.5%, to ...

Dollar, shares rise on hopes Omicron Covid-19 variant will prove mild

The blue-chip Dow posted its best one-day percentage gain since March with Boeing Co providing the biggest lift

Wall Street update: S&P 500, Dow climb 1% on boost from financials, Boeing

Boeing gains on progress towards China approval of 737 MAX * Apple falls after report of slowing iPhone 13 demand