The spread in the yield curve has gainedabout 20 basis points since leaving negative territory, a recession indicator, in early September
Billionaire Silicon Valley investors, sneaker-clad founders and button-down bankers all expected enormous stock sales to turn companies like Uber, Lyft into a new generation of corporate giants
Jerome Powell says will 'act as appropriate' to support growth as indexes fall.
Regulatory changes provide lenders clearer picture of which trades are prohibited, but critics say they could again endanger the financial system.
The rally was also helped by easing demand for safe-haven government bonds, with investors looking for bargains in beaten-down stocks after three weeks of declines
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 34.83 points, or 0.14 per cent, at the open to 25,514.25
All of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors traded lower around market closing, with the energy sector down nearly 4 per cent, leading the losers
The S&P 500 index has now sunk 4.5 per cent since President Donald Trump announced a fresh round of tariffs on Chinese imports
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 557.26 points, or 2.12%, the S&P 500 was down 62.63 points, or 2.14%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 190.71 points, or 2.38%
The S&P 500 opened lower by 2.37 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 2,880.72. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 8.04 points
The three main Wall Street indexes ended marginally lower last week, wrapping up five days of high volume trading marked by wild swings
The drop in yields also reflected a jump in expectations that the Federal Reserve would cut key borrowing costs three more times by year-end
The yuan breached the key 7-per-dollar level for the first time in more than a decade, and President Donald Trump slammed it as "a major violation"
India this month imposed a levy on its companies' share purchases
S&P 500 technology stocks dropped 1.75%, the largest percentage decline among the benchmark index's 11 major sectors
The plan represents a major retreat from investment banking by Deutsche Bank, which for years had tried to compete as a major force on Wall Street
Experienced local recruits tend to prefer state-backed companies such as China International Capital and Citic Securities Co
Defense contractors L3 Technologies Inc jumped 6.3 percent and Harris Corp climbed 6.7 percent after topping quarterly earnings estimates
New York (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 set for its biggest one-day gain in five months, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank would act "as appropriate" to address trade war risks, leaving the door open for a possible rate cut.
The S&P 500 was up 15.15 points at 2,827.02, while the Nasdaq Composite was up 39.93 points at 7,686.96