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Stocks rise as market comeback lifts S&P 500 to best week of 2024: Live updates
Stocks making the biggest moves midday An employee of the vaccine company Bavarian Nordic works in a laboratory of the company in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, May 24, 2022. Lukas Barth | Reuters Here are the stocks on the move midday: Rocket Lab — The space company soared more than 16%, hitting a 52-week high, after packing […]
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Europe stocks higher to round off winning week; Sterling gains after slew of UK data
A balcony above a trading floor inside the Euronext NV stock exchange in Paris, France, on Monday, March 13, 2023. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European markets were higher Friday, rounding off what’s set to be a winning week for global stocks. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was up 0.2% at […]
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S&P 500 will be closer to 6,000 by year-end, Morgan Stanley’s Slimmon says, naming stocks to buy
Markets have been very rocky lately, but Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Andrew Slimmon has an idea of how they could go from here. He says the market could “be consistent with 2023,” after much volatility in the past few weeks. In late July, both the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq dived to a […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to track Wall Street rally; South Korea and Singapore trade data on deck
Buildings in the central business district in Singapore, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Singapore’s economy expanded by a slightly more modest pace than initially expected in 2023, as manufacturing activity contracted and services growth slowed. Nicky Loh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to round off the week higher, tracking gains on […]
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Dow jumps 500 points, Nasdaq adds 2% as comeback rally gains steam: Live updates
Small cap stocks outperform large and mid-cap stock indexes Thursday With investors reassured by stronger-than-expected July retail sales about the state of the U.S. economy, small cap stocks are outperforming mid- and large cap stocks at midday Thursday. The Russell 2000 small cap index was recently ahead almost 2.8% against gains of about 2.1% in […]
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Asia-Pacific markets mostly climb as Japan’s GDP growth beats expectations; China economic data on deck
Shipping containers are loaded onto an international freighter at the international cargo terminal in Tokyo. Yoshikazu Tsuno | AFP | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were largely rose on Thursday after Japan’s GDP growth beat expectations, and also tracking Wall Street stocks that rose overnight after U.S. inflation data met market expectations. U.S. consumer prices increased 2.9% […]
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Stock futures are little changed ahead of key inflation report on Wednesday: Live updates
Stock futures were marginally up on Wednesday morning as Wall Street looks to keep a strong start to the week going with a key inflation report on deck. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 24 points, or less than 0.1%. S&P 500 futures were also up by less than 0.1%, while Nasdaq […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to continue winning run as U.S. producer prices rises less than expected
The upscale shopping district of Ginza in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets are set to continue gaining on Wednesday after producer prices in the U.S. came in lower than expected for July. The producer price index — a measure of wholesale inflation — increased 0.1% last month. […]
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Stock futures are little changed as investors await key inflation data: Live updates
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor on August 08, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose early Tuesday as investors await this week’s key inflation data. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures climbed 81 points, or 0.21%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed […]
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Japan stocks lead gains in Asia as Nikkei climbs more than 2% in return from holiday
Colorful old shophouses in Cross Street, Chinatown. Pictures From History | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Japan’s major indexes gained more than 2% in Tuesday morning trading as they returned from a holiday. The benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2.53% higher and breached 36,000 for the first time since Aug. 2. The Topix followed suit, gaining […]
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