Stock market today: Indexes close lower as tech stocks tumble
Indexes closed lower on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling almost 1%, led by a slide in mega-cap tech stocks like Apple and Nvidia.
US stocks surge to cap off the best week since the November election
The S&P 500 gained 1% on Friday, capping off the last trading day of Biden's presidency and marking the best week since the election.
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Bond Yields Drop After Dovish Comments From Fed's Waller
Christopher Waller. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.1%. The Dow was down 82 points, or 0.2%, but that was because of UnitedHealth Group’s 4.7% slide, which shaved 155 points off the blue-chip index.
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Stocks Churn After Rally as Yields Fall on Waller: Markets Wrap
Stocks struggled to make headway after a solid rally, while bond yields dropped on dovish remarks from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller.
Stock Rally Stalls as Waller Remarks Boost Bonds: Markets Wrap
US stock futures rose Thursday, lifted by a fresh slew of earnings releases and a revival of Federal Reserve policy-easing bets.Most Read from BloombergThese Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain WhyAs E-Bikes Boom in NYC,
Global stock index outperforms Wall St, bond yields dip with rates in focus
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe rose 2.38 points, or 0.28%, to 849.68. Earlier, Europe's STOXX 600 index closed up 0.98%, with luxury stocks boosted after Cartier jewelry owner Richemont's results exceeded analysts' expectations.
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U.S. Stocks Move Sharply Higher, Dow Reaches One-Month Closing High
Adding to the interest rate optimism, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller told CNBC the central ... by the 1.5 percent gain posted by the Dow Jones U.S. Retail Index.
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U.S. Stocks May See Initial Strength As Treasury Yields Extend Pullback
Adding to the interest rate optimism, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller told CNBC the central ... however, with the Dow Jones Utility Index and the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index ...
U.S. stocks close higher amid tech stocks revival
US stocks ended higher on Friday driven by gains in big tech and chip companies The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 33470 points or 078 perce
Stocks Rally to Close Out Strong Week, Await Trump Policies
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 334.70 points, or 0.78%, to 43,487.83, the S&P 500 gained 59.32 points, or 1.00%, to 5,996.66 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 291.91 points, or 1.51%, to 19,630.20.
Stocks set to rise, dollar falls as Trump holds back on tariff 'shock and awe'
Things left unsaid during Donald Trump's presidential inauguration speech and accompanying festivities Monday appeared set to give U.S. stocks a lift, while pulling down the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields. Bitcoin, which soared to a record above $109,000 early Monday, was also pulling back.
Stock-market rally depends on answer to this 'real question' about bond yields
History shows stocks can usually handle a gradual rise in yields just fine, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. But the S&P 500 has tended to struggle if the 10-year yield moves more than two standard deviations, which would currently be equal to around 60 basis points, or 0.6 percentage points, in a month, they found (see chart below).