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Wall St retreats as labour market recovery slows amid rise in Covid cases

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose just 12.63 points, or 0.04%, at the open to 30,058.87

Dow scales 30,000 on vaccine headway, Biden transition; Tesla rises 6%

All the 11 major S&P indexes were up, with economically-sensitive sectors such as banks, industrials and energy leading gains

Wall Street jumps on Biden transition, Tesla tops $500 bn in market cap

Biden's transition to the White House ends weeks of political uncertainty

Wall Street opens higher as Covid-19 vaccine progress fuels recovery hopes

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 69.34 points, or 0.24%, at the open to 29,332.82

Wall Street slips at open on concerns over fading stimulus, Covid cases

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 45.66 points, or 0.15%, at the open to 29,437.57.

Wall St drops at open on surging Covid cases, rise in weekly jobless claims

Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Thursday as surging Covid-19 cases and an unexpected rise in weekly jobless claims raised fears of stalling growth in the world's largest economy

Wall Street edges higher on Covid-19 vaccine bets, Boeing approval

The S&P 500 rose 1.81 points, or 0.05%, to 3,611.34 shortly after the market opened

Wall Street's main indexes drop at open as coronavirus cases surge

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 150.29 points, or 0.50%, at the open to 29,800.15

Indices end at yet another peak, Sensex up 315 pts; BSE Midcap outperforms

All that happened in the markets today

World Coronavirus Dispatch: US stocks at new high over Moderna vaccine data

Hungary and Poland block EU stimulus package, Citi says successful vaccines will see dollar plummet, No virus protection for jailed elderly Taxes and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Wall St surges at open as Moderna says its Covid vaccine 94.5% effective

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 192.55 points, or 0.65%, at the open to 29,672.36

Wall Street climbs as Cisco, Disney become top gainers after results

Cisco Systems Inc and Walt Disney Co were the top gainers among 30 Dow components, helping the blue-chip index rise 0.8%.

Wall Street drops as Covid-19 pandemic fears return; Dow, S&P fall over 1%

(Reuters) - Wall Street tumbled on Thursday as U.S. coronavirus infections surged and investors weighed the timeline for the mass rollout of an effective vaccine.

Nasdaq rebounds as vaccine news raises hopes, focus returns to tech stocks

The tech-skewed Nasdaq advanced 1.5%, while technology mega-caps including Netflix Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Facebook Inc, the so-called stay-at-home winners, also gained between 1% and 2%.

Wall Street makes peace with Biden win but is wary of some of his allies

Finance executives will be closely watching how Biden handles the coming internal Democratic fight between centrists and progressives that threatens to increase regulation and dent profits

Wall Street steady, in holding pattern as Biden edges closer to victory

Biden extended narrow leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia, putting him on the verge of winning the White House

Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street rose amid US election voting

Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose amid protracted vote-counting following this week's US elections. Tokyo and Sydney advanced while Shanghai and Hong Kong declined. Seoul swung between gains and losses. Markets are betting on control of the US Congress being split between Republicans and Democrats, which could mean low taxes and light regulation that investors like stay in place. On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 index closed 1.9 per cent higher. It is moving toward its biggest weekly gain since April. I find it remarkable how relaxed these markets are under the circumstances, said Craig Erlam of Oanda in a report. Hopefully, the faith investors have shown is rewarded, because the last thing we need is an extremely messy conclusion to what has already been a hostile and divisive election. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.5 per cent to 3,302.02 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 1.1 per cent to 24,367.35. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 0.3 per

Wall Street rallies as investors eye split US Congress after elections

US stocks jumped as investors bet Republicans would hold onto the Senate and prevent changes under a possible Joe Biden White House that would crimp corporate profits

Wall Street rallies on likelihood of divided US Congress, Fed stands pat

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.75 per cent to 28,334.47, while the S&P 500 gained 1.91 per cent

Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos gain most on day one of post-election limbo

US billionaires add $57.4 billion as stock markets climb