Big tech companies provided the biggest lift to the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq,
According to a Business Standard report, the Centre is considering a proposal to guarantee Rs 3 trillion of loans to small businesses as part of a plan to restart economy
US crude and benchmark Brent prices climbed after a collapse in the past two days, sending the S&P 500 energy index up 3.6 per cent
All 11 S&P 500 sector indexes fell 1.6 per cent or more, with energy sliding for the seventh time in eight sessions
With the collapse spilling into June futures contracts, investors turned fearful about the extent of the economic damage from sweeping lockdown measures
The S&P energy index tumbled 3.7 per cent after the front-month May US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contract actually turned negative
Energy stocks shed 1.9% and were on track for their sixth slide in seven sessions as the front-month May US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contract plunged more than 50%
Shares of Bank of America and Citigroup Inc dropped as they joined JPMorgan Chase & Co and Wells Fargo & Co in reporting a slump in first-quarter profits
The banking subsector declined 5.2%, falling for the third straight day
Stocks opened higher after President Donald Trump said Americans might be getting to the top of the 'curve' in relation to the outbreak
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 26.13 points, or 0.12%, to 22,653.86
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1,627.46 points, or 7.73%, to 22,679.99, the S&P 500 gained 175.03 points, or 7.03%, to 2,663.68
Even the loss of 701,000 jobs that Labor Department data showed for March did not completely capture the economic damage from the virus
Reliance Industries will be in focus today after the oil to telecom conglomerate yesterday said the company's board has approved a proposal to raise Rs 25,000 crore through non convertible debentures
At the close of trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 469.93 points, or 2.24 per cent
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 973.65 points, or 4.44 per cent
S&P 500 suffering its deepest quarterly drop since the financial crisis
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 690.7 points, or 3.19%, to 22,327.48, the S&P 500 gained 85.18 points, or 3.35%, to 2,626.65 and the Nasdaq Composite added 271.77 points, or 3.62%, to 7,774.15
Johnson did not estimate cuts to specific businesses, but he said headcount could be reduced by up to 10% and could include retail divisions
According to reports, the government is likely to agree a stimulus package of more than Rs 1.5 trillion to fight a downturn caused by the coronavirus lockdown