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US stock market: US stocks vacillated on Thursday, swinging from red to green and back as investors contended with the push-pull of a strong economy and restrictive Federal Reserve policy.
Wed, Mar 18, 2020
Global Markets: The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 1,048.86 points, or 5.20 per cent, to 21,237.38 on Tuesday. The S&P 500 increased 143.06 points, or 6.00 per cent, to 2,529.19.
Tue, Mar 17, 2020
Global Markets: US equities plunged on Monday with Dow closing about 3,000 points lower, as panic selling continued over COVID-19 fallout.
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
Global Markets: The Dow Jones has plunged more than 1,400 points to end in a bear market in a continued wild session as coronavirus fears intensified on Wall Street.
Wed, Mar 11, 2020
Global Markets: US stocks closed sharply higher on Tuesday with the Dow up more than 1,100 points, as Wall Street tried to recover from the previous session`s massive rout.
Sat, Feb 29, 2020
"It's bloodshed," a Commerzbank analyst exclaimed as markets went into free fall for the seventh straight day.
Fri, Feb 21, 2020
Global Markets: Asian equities lagged badly, with MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan off 0.8% on Friday in nervous trade.
Thu, Feb 20, 2020
Global Markets: MSCI`s gauge of stocks across the globe gained 0.43%, just shy of a record, while its emerging market index rose 0.70%.
Tue, Feb 18, 2020
Global Markets: The US stock futures slipped from record levels on Tuesday after Apple Inc said it will not meet its revenue guidance for the March quarter.
Fri, Feb 14, 2020
Global Markets: MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.08% with South Korea`s Kospi falling 0.25% while Japan`s Nikkei slid 0.67%.
Wed, Feb 12, 2020
Global Markets: Asian shares and Wall Street futures nudged higher on Wednesday amid hopes the worst of the coronavirus in China may have passed.
Sat, Jan 25, 2020
Global Markets: US shares and crude prices fell sharply on Friday as investors moved into safe-haven assets amid concerns that a spreading virus from China would curb travel and hurt economic demand.
Intel Corp`s shares hit their highest in nearly two decades on Friday after cloud computing demand fired up the chipmaker`s data center business.
Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Global Markets: World stocks made a barely positive start in early Asian trade on Friday after the world`s health body called it a little too early to declare a coronavirus outbreak a global emergency.
Wed, Jan 22, 2020
Elon Musk-run Tesla has hit the $100 billion in stock market valuation for the first time.
Tesla Inc became the first $100 billion (77 billion pounds) publicly listed US carmaker in extended trading on Tuesday.
Sat, Jan 18, 2020
Global Markets: Wall Street edged up to record highs on Friday after strong US housing data and signs of resilience in the Chinese economy raised hopes of a rebound in global growth.
Global Markets: Reports from Intel and Texas Instruments next week may hint at what is to come in the December quarterly earnings season.
Fri, Jan 17, 2020
Global Markets: Wall Street rallied to fresh record highs with the S&P 500 topping the 3,300 mark for the first time on Thursday, driven by a slew of strong earnings reports and economic data.
Wed, Jan 15, 2020
Wall Street stocks dipped on Tuesday, reversing earlier intraday record highs, after media reported the United States would likely maintain tariffs on Chinese goods past November`s presidential election.
Sat, Jan 11, 2020
Facebook briefly rose 0.72% to touch $219.88 (168.41 pounds) at mid-day, its highest level ever, before giving up the day`s gains to finish down 0.11%. The stock on Thursday achieved a record closing high, topping the last record close seen on July 25, 2018.
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