Tag: Wall Street
Asian markets mostly up but profit-takers sit in wings
Asian stock markets edged up again Monday following another record close on Wall Street but the gains were tempered by profit-taking following last week's...
Big year ends with Wall Street hopeful for 2014
As Wall Street's best year in more than 15 draws to a close, few are expecting a repeat performance in 2014, though traders have...
Wall St rallies on fiscal hopes, Spain hits euro
US stocks rose on Wednesday after President Barack Obama said a deal to avert the looming fiscal cliff was possible within a week, while...
Wall Street rises after strong data, Obama to speak
Consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in more than five years in November, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of...
Wall Street left to grapple with disappointing earnings
The short and strained reprieve Wall Street got may not last long, as reflected by the index futures, which point to a notably lower...
Asian markets slip, China growth data in focus
Asian markets fell Monday following a soft lead from Wall Street, while better-than-expected Chinese trade data was unable to lift spirits as dealers await...
Big-name profit warnings may mean a pullback
Wall Street may be bracing for a pullback as U.S. earnings season begins next week – if the clouds of profit warnings from bellwethers...
Asian markets boosted by US manufacturing data
Asian markets rose Tuesday following better-than-expected manufacturing data from the United States that lifted hopes for recovery in the world’s number one economy.
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Wall Street up on Spain optimism, Apple scales new peak
Spain is considering freezing pensions and speeding up a planned rise in the retirement age as it races to cut spending and meet conditions...
Wall Street set to dip at open, euro zone eyed
The S&P 500 could test support at 1,400 again, after hitting a session low of 1,400.5 on Thursday on its way to posting its...
Asian bulls take Wall Street’s cue
Asian markets were lifted Thursday by a strong lead from Wall Street after upbeat earnings reports and Ben Bernanke’s comments that the US Federal...
Oil rises in Asia after Wall St gains
Oil headed up in Asian trade Thursday, tracking gains on Wall Street as well as Asian bourses and buoyed by a dip in US...
Profit warnings sink Wall Street
U.S. stocks fell for a fourth day on Tuesday as more pessimism from U.S. companies compounded worries the sluggish world economy is taking a...
Wall Street rebounds; Spanish yields come off highs
The S&P 500 is down 6.3 percent for the month on concerns about the ongoing financial crisis in Europe and signs of slowdown in...
Wall Street ends best week of year as aid for Spain’s...
If the scenario unfolds as expected this weekend, Spain would become the fourth country to seek aid since Europe's debt crisis began. That could...
Wall Street slips on economic, Europe worries
The decline extended Friday's steep drop that wiped out the Dow industrials' gain for the year, although additional declines may lack intensity after indexes...
Wall Street sinks on jobs data, Dow negative for 2012
He S&P 500 closed at its lowest since early January and ended below its 200-day moving average for the first time in 2012 after...
