Topic: Financial Market Indices

How the Dow Jones industrials and other major stock indexes fared in Monday's tradingStocks fell Monday after more signs of slowing economic growth got investors worried ahead of a key report on jobs later this week. The latest cause for worry came ...

U.S. millionaire index turns sharply bearish

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Spectrem millionaire investor confidence index fell to its lowest level in more than a year in August as wealthy U.S. investors worried about politics and unemployment, according to Spectrem Group. The Spectrem Millionaire Investor Confidence Index fell ...
Stock futures rise moderately; investors await economic data later this weekStock futures are rising as investors tentatively move back into the market after a recent retreat because of worries about the economy. There are no major economic reports due out Monday that ...

Markets Give Back in First Hours

Stocks looked to open modestly higher Wednesday after retailer Target Corp.'s earnings report was better than the market expected. Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 futures rose after the discount retailer met analysts' forecasts for its second quarter earnings ...

Asian Markets Lose Ground,

Japan's Nikkei was down slightly and Hong Kong's Hang Seng edged down 1.5 percent on signs that China's economy was slowing.
4 Things You Need to Know Before Trading Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight. The Nikkei led the way with a gain of 1.7% and Australia added a half percent, but the Hang Seng was unchanged and Shanghai lost two thirds of ...
Stock futures dipped Tuesday after a batch of mostly disappointing earnings took some excitement away from the big gains to start August. Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. and chemical maker Dow Chemical Co. both reported profit and revenue that fell ...
Stock futures rise sharply following big gains overseas; ahead of key manufacturing reportStocks are set to kick off the new month with a big gain Monday, after strong economic and earnings reports overseas added to hopes a global recovery is picking up ...
Stock futures rose Thursday following further signs that Europe's economy is bouncing back faster than expected. Strong earnings worldwide gave European markets a lift ahead of earnings reports from many U.S. companies including Colgate-Palmolive, ExxonMobil Corp. and Motorola Inc. U.S. markets received ...

Business Highlights

New home sales up, but sales remain slow WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes jumped last month, but it was the second-weakest month on record. The lackluster economy has made potential buyers skittish about shopping for homes. New home sales rose ...
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