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by John BIERS Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — After a banner year for US stocks, that saw the Dow hitting repeated records, Wall Street strategists predicted 2018 would see more moderate gains and increased volatility as markets retreated in the final session of 2017 on Friday. A late sell-off pushed the market into the red amid declines in Apple, Amazon and some other high-flyers, but the decline didn’t put much of […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday after fresh records on Wall Street as optimism over the US economy lifted Japanese carmakers. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.22 percent, or 45.82 points, to 20,659.89 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.17 percent, or 2.88 points, at 1,687.34. © Agence France-Presse
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street stocks finished little changed Monday at the start of a week dominated by earnings from Bank of America, Netflix and other giants. Equities paused in a quiet session after both the Dow and S&P 500 finished at records on Friday following solid earnings from JPMorgan Chase and other large banks. Bank of America and Goldman Sachs report results early Tuesday, while IBM, Visa and General Electric will […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US stocks began a heavy week of earnings reports on a down note Monday, with a drop in oil prices sending leading oil producers lower. Wall Street stocks were in negative territory much of the day, following declines of one percent or more in Paris and Frankfurt and a modest drop in London. Petroleum-linked shares fell on Wall Street, as oil prices declined due to pressure from the stronger […]
By Angela Moon NEW YORK Fri Feb 7, 2014 7:58pm EST (Reuters) – After the S&P 500’s first weekly gain in a month, investors will see next week whether the U.S. stock market’s rally of the last two days is the shape of better things to come – or if this year’s weakness will turn into a full-fledged correction. The S&P 500 rose 0.8 percent for the week, scoring a weekly gain for the first […]
