US 10-year Treasury yield at highest since July 2008; Netflix jumps after reversing customer losses; P&G, Travelers post upbeat earnings; PHLX Housing Index falls 3% on weak US housing data
The benchmark 10-year Treasury note reversed early declines to rise for the fourth straight day, while big technology and growth names like Apple Inc, Amazon.com and Nvidia Corp cut back gains
Bank of America posts better-than-expected Q3 results; Goldman Sachs up on report of major business overhaul; S&P surges 2.5%, Nasdaq 3.05%
Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 191.91 points, or 0.64%, at 29,846.81, the S&P 500 was down 47.10 points, or 1.28%, at 3,622.81
Global stock markets surged on Friday after Wall Street rebounded from a slump caused by higher-than-forecast inflation numbers. Market benchmarks in London and Paris opened up more than 1 per cent. Tokyo jumped 3.3 per cent for its biggest one-day gain in seven months. Hong Kong and Shanghai also rose. Benchmark US crude rose almost USD 2 per barrel. On Wall Street, the future for the benchmark S and P 500 index was down 0.4 per cent. Wall Street slumped on Thursday after the US consumer price index for September rose 8.2 per cent. But the S and P 500 rebounded to end up 2.6 per cent for its biggest daily gain in 2 1/2 years. The sticker shock of inflation was "shrugged off, possibly because traders already expect another sharp interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve next month to cool surging prices, said Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank in a report. The Fed and central banks in Europe and Asia have raised rates by unusually wide margins this year to contain inflation that is
Cyclical stocks lead gains, financials jump; headline CPI for September rise more than expected; megacap growth stocks tumble on rapid rate-hike fears
The S&P index recorded two new 52-week highs and 49 new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 12 new highs and 148 new lows.
The S&P index recorded two new 52-week highs and 49 new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 12 new highs and 148 new lows.
Megacap growth stocks fall against rise in yields; oil prices add to inflation woes post OPEC+ output cut; US weekly jobless claims increase more than expected
Twitter eases from one-year high, Tesla falls 5%; Rate-sensitive technology and related stocks like Nvidia Corp, Amazon.com, Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc fell between 1.8% and 4%
Musk's proposal to proceed with Twitter acquisition for the original offer price poses a headache at the worst possible time for Wall Street banks already struggling to offload billions in buyout debt
Twitter jumps on news Musk to resume buyout at $54.2/share; Tesla rebounds after worst selloff in 4 mths; US job openings post biggest drop in 2.5 yrs in Aug
Global shares rose Tuesday, with European markets tracking gains in Asia and US after some weak economic data raised hopes that the Federal Reserve might ease away from aggressive interest rate hikes. France's CAC 40 gained 2.8% in early trading to 5,955.79. Germany's DAX rose 2.3% to 12,484.83. Britain's FTSE 100 added 1.5% to 7,013.73. The future for the Dow industrials was up 1.3% at 29,913.00. The S&P 500 future contract rose 1.5% to 3,745.25. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added nearly 3.0% to finish at 26,992.21. South Korea's Kospi gained 2.5% to 2,209.98. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 3.8% to 6,699.30 after its central bank boosted its benchmark interest rate for a sixth consecutive month to a nine-year high of 2.6%. The Reserve Bank of Australia's increase of a quarter percentage point to the cash rate was smaller than those at recent monthly meetings. When the bank lifted the rate by a quarter percentage point at its board meeting in May, it was the first rate hike in
Tesla down as Q3 deliveries miss market estimates; US factory activity slowest in 2.5 years in Sept; Credit Suisse, Citi cut 2022 year-end target for S&P 500
The declines Friday cap a week of global market turmoil in which recession fears already sapped stocks and currency markets were rocked by dollar strength
S&P 500 index back at near two-year lows; airlines, cruises fall on cancellations due to Hurricane Ian; CarMax slumps on missing second-quarter expectations
World shares tumbled on Wednesday after a wobbly day on Wall Street as markets churned over the prospect of a possible recession. US futures and oil prices declined and China's yuan weakened sharply. Trading has been volatile since the Dow Jones Industrial Average followed other major US indexes into a bear market earlier this week. In early trading, Germany's DAX lost 1.3 per cent to 11,983.29 and the FTSE 100 in London was also down 1.3 per cent, at 6,895.21. In Paris, the CAC40 gave up 0.9 per cent to 5,702.50. The future for the S and P 500 was 0.8 per cent lower and the contract for the Dow industrials lost 0.6 per cent. China's yuan fell to a 14-year low against the dollar Wednesday despite central bank efforts to stem the slide after US interest rate hikes prompted traders to convert money into dollars in search of higher returns. The yuan fell to 7.2301 to the dollar, its lowest level since January 2008. One yuan was worth about 13.8 cents, down 15per cent from its March
S&P 500 hits lowest since Nov. 2020; rate-sensitive tech, growth stocks give back gains; energy stocks among rare gainers
Tech, consumer discretionary pare back gains; casino stocks jump as Macau allows tour groups after nearly 3 years
While financial services executives said they view the risk of armed conflict in North Asia as low, they see tit-for-tat sanctions between the US and China that disrupt the flow of finance and trade