All posts tagged "dow jones"

  • FILE - This May 11, 2007 file photo shows a Wall Street sign in front of the flag-draped facade of the New York Stock Exchange. Bond prices fell slightly Friday, March 4, 2016 sending yields higher, after the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added more jobs last month than economists had expected. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
    US indexes mostly fall; travel companies sink after attacks

    U.S. stock indexes closed mostly lower as airlines, cruise companies and travel booking sites fell following the attacks in Belgium. Royal Caribbean dropped 3 percent Tuesday and Priceline declined 2 percent. Energy and materials companies also moved...

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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  • FILE - This May 11, 2007 file photo shows a Wall Street sign in front of the flag-draped facade of the New York Stock Exchange. Bond prices fell slightly Friday, March 4, 2016 sending yields higher, after the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added more jobs last month than economists had expected. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
    Stocks jump, Dow now positive for the year

    NEW YORK (AP) — An afternoon surge in stocks, coming on the heels of a four-week rally, turned the Dow Jones industrial average positive for the year, wiping out losses from a terrible start to 2016. Materials...

    • Posted March 17, 2016
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  • Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Stocks are opening lower as investors fret about signs of belligerence in North Korea and more weakening of China's economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    US stocks fall for fourth straight day

    (AP) — U.S. stocks fell for the fourth day in a row as concerns about global economic weakness intensified, even as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated her confidence in the U.S. economy. Financial stocks fell hardest...

    • Posted February 11, 2016
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  • The U.S. Stock market continues to fluctuate, but has ended on a good note Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Stocks fall sharply as banks, tech sector take a beating

    (AP) — A steep sell-off in stocks got a little less bad by the end of the day, but it still left indexes down sharply for the second day in a row. Banks and technology shares fell...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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  • Stock trader Gregory Rowe works at the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
    Stock market slides again; worst two-week start to a year

    *This article has been updated. (AP) —  Never before has Wall Street gotten off to a worse start to a year. The stock market capped the first two weeks of 2016 with a steep slide Friday that...

    • Posted January 15, 2016
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  • Specialist Michael O'Mara works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. U.S. stocks jumped at the open after China's central bank cut interest rates to support its economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    US stocks reverse in final hour; Dow falls 205 points

    (AP) — U.S. stocks are closing lower Tuesday after falling sharply in the final hour of trading. Stocks surged early in the day, rebounding from a big sell-off on Monday after the Chinese central bank said it...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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