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Dec 23, 2016 3:44 PM CST

US Stocks Notch Tiny Pre-Holiday Gains

Led by health care industry

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes managed to post tiny gains in a quiet day of pre-holiday trading, the AP reports. Health care stocks rose more than the rest of the market Friday, while retailers and energy companies fell. Cintas, which supplies companies with uniforms, fell 3% after reporting results that fell...

Dow Jones Fails to
Reach 20K Thursday

Dec 22, 2016 3:11 PM CST

Dow Jones Fails to Reach 20K Thursday

Thanks to retailers losing ground

(Newser) - Stocks are ending slightly lower on Wall Street as a number of retailers lose ground, the AP reports. Bed Bath & Beyond slumped 9% Thursday after reporting weak results, while Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba is down after US regulators again sanctioned the company for sales of counterfeit goods. Software company...

Stocks Finish Slightly
Down Wednesday

Dec 21, 2016 3:17 PM CST

Stocks Finish Slightly Down Wednesday

Healthcare companies continue to struggle

(Newser) - Stocks finished slightly lower Wednesday as health care companies continued to struggle, the AP reports. Energy companies bucked the downward trend and rose as the price of natural gas surged on the first day of winter.

Stocks Set New
Records Tuesday

Dec 20, 2016 3:25 PM CST

Stocks Set New Records Tuesday

And the Dow neared 20,000

(Newser) - Stocks set new records Tuesday as big gains by banks and travel companies propelled the Dow Jones industrial average ever closer to the symbolic 20,000 level, which remained just out of reach, the AP reports. Bond yields rose taking interest rates higher. That helped financial firms. Goldman Sachs rose...

Markets End the Day Lower

Dec 16, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Markets End the Day Lower

Dow slips down 9

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes ended slightly lower after an early gain faded away, the AP reports. Financial and technology stocks had the biggest declines on Friday, outweighing gains in smaller sectors like utilities and real estate companies. Business software company Oracle dropped 4% after reporting revenue that fell short of...

Dow Came
Within 50 Points
of 20,000

MARKETS

Dec 15, 2016 3:11 PM CST

Dow Came Within 50 Points of 20,000

Ended up closing at 19,852

(Newser) - A surge in banks and other financial stocks that stand to benefit from higher interest rates led US indexes higher, the AP reports. The dollar climbed to its strongest level in 14 years Thursday. The price of gold sank on expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates several...

Stocks Dip After
Fed Rate Hike

Dec 14, 2016 3:15 PM CST

Stocks Dip After Fed Rate Hike

While dollar and bond yields rise

(Newser) - Stocks fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates on the back of a strengthening job market and surprised investors by increasing its forecast for rate hikes next year, the AP reports. The dollar and bond yields rose sharply. Utilities, real-estate investment trusts, and other high-dividend stocks at risk...

Dow Closes Above
19,900 for First Time

Dec 13, 2016 3:11 PM CST

Dow Closes Above 19,900 for First Time

Ended day up 115 points

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes set records again Tuesday as energy companies continued to climb following international deals that will cut oil production, the AP reports. Big-name technology companies like Apple and IBM also traded higher as the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 19,900 for the first time. On...

Dow Hits Record Close
6th Time in a Row

MARKETS

Dec 12, 2016 3:09 PM CST

Dow Hits Record Close 6th Time in a Row

Energy companies push index to 19,796

(Newser) - Stocks are closing mostly lower on Wall Street, but energy companies rose along with the price of crude oil, and the Dow Jones found its sixth consecutive record close, reports Marketwatch . Gains in Exxon Mobil and Chevron nudged the Dow Jones industrial average to another record Monday, reports the AP...

Dow Ends Day Up 142

MARKETS

Dec 9, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 142

S&P 500, Nasdaq also close higher

(Newser) - US stocks extended a rally into a sixth day, bringing new all-time highs for major indexes, the AP reports. The largest gains went to industries that have been mostly left out of the post-election rally, including health care companies and makers of household goods. Coca-Cola rose 2.5%, the most...

Dow Ends Day Up 65

Dec 8, 2016 3:11 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Up 65

Nasdaq, S&P 500 also close higher

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes are closing at record highs for the second day in a row, the AP reports. Banks and materials companies logged the biggest gains Thursday. Goldman Sachs, which has surged 33% since the election last month, had the biggest gain in the Dow Jones industrial average. Higher...

Dow Surges 297

MARKETS

Dec 7, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Dow Surges 297

Dow, S&P 500 see record high closes

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes are leaping to all-time highs in a broad rally, the AP reports. The gains Wednesday were driven by stocks that tend to do well when the economy is growing, like consumer and technology companies, as well as stocks that pay high dividends, like phone and real...

Dow Again Closes
at Record High

MARKETS

Dec 6, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Dow Again Closes at Record High

S&P 500, Nasdaq also rise

(Newser) - A modest upturn in afternoon trading was enough to deliver record high closes for the Dow Jones industrial average and the Russell 2000 index, which tracks small and mid-sized companies, the AP reports. The Standard & Poor's 500 index of large companies ended just below its own all-time high...

Dow Sees Another
Record High Close

Dec 5, 2016 3:11 PM CST

Dow Sees Another Record High Close

Nasdaq, S&P 500 also close higher

(Newser) - The Dow Jones industrial average scored another record high close, led by gains in Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, the AP reports. Banks again led the market higher Monday, as did technology and consumer-focused stocks. Small-company stocks rose sharply and continued to outpace the rest of the market, as they...

Dow Ends Day Down 21

Dec 2, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Dow Ends Day Down 21

S&P 500, Nasdaq close slightly higher

(Newser) - Stocks are ending with tiny gains as a post-election rally runs out of steam, the AP reports. Safe-play investments were back in favor Friday, and bank stocks gave back some of their big gains over the past few weeks. Utilities and real estate companies did well as investors stuck with...

Dow Sees Highest
Close on Record

MARKETS

Dec 1, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Dow Sees Highest Close on Record

S&P 500, Nasdaq fall

(Newser) - Technology companies plunged Thursday, and high-dividend stocks also took hefty losses as bond yields rose to their highest level in more than a year, the AP reports. But more big gains for blue-chip banking and oil stocks pulled the Dow Jones industrial average to a record high. Big names like...

Dow Pulls Back
From Record High

Nov 30, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Dow Pulls Back From Record High

Ends day up just 1 point

(Newser) - Stocks ended mostly lower on Wall Street as gains in blue-chip energy companies and banks were not enough to make up for losses in the broader market, the AP reports. Utilities and phone companies fell the most Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average pulled back from a record high and...

Markets Close Modestly Higher

Nov 29, 2016 3:16 PM CST

Markets Close Modestly Higher

Dow ends day up 23

(Newser) - Solid gains in several big health care companies led major US stock indexes to end modestly higher Tuesday, the AP reports. UnitedHealth Group climbed 3.6%, the most in the Dow Jones industrial average, after issuing a strong forecast for earnings next year. Energy companies ended lower as the price...

Dow Slips 54 Points
After Record Drive

MARKETS

Nov 28, 2016 3:24 PM CST

Dow Slips 54 Points After Record Drive

Banks and energy companies suffered more than rest of market

(Newser) - Major US stock indexes closed slightly lower on Wall Street Monday, pulling back from the records they set last week, the AP reports. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 54 points, or 0.3%, to 19,097. The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 11 points, or 0.5%,...

On Short Day of Trading,
a Slew of Record Closes

MARKETS

Nov 25, 2016 12:34 PM CST

On Short Day of Trading, a Slew of Record Closes

Dow closed at 19,152

(Newser) - Trading ended early the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, and with a bang: MarketWatch reports it was the third straight week of gains. The Dow Jones industrial average and other major market benchmarks renewed record highs, though trading was relatively quiet, reports the AP . Safe-play stocks like utilities and phone...