US stocks fell and oil prices jumped, as concerns about rising energy prices, supply shortages and inflation rattle investors once again. The S&P 500 ticked down 0.5% Wednesday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7%. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index lost 0.2%. Major US stock indexes jumped Tuesday, as investors shrugged off worries that […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken the global market for uranium, a critical fuel for nuclear-power plants, prompting some in the US to propose reviving domestic production. Russia enriches more uranium for use in nuclear plants than any other country in the world. Its increasing economic isolation following its attack on Ukraine—and talk of potential […]
US stocks declined and oil prices rose as investors reacted to new Federal Reserve commentary following major indexes’ strong finish last week. The S&P 500 traded down 0.6% in afternoon trading, turning lower after comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell about the possibility of more aggressive interest-rate moves to tame inflation. Treasury yield rose following […]
Rising fuel prices are taking a toll on small businesses, prompting owners of everything from furniture retailers to swimming-pool service companies to trim services and revise contracts as they try to soften the financial hit. Keon Enterprises, in Harrisburg, Pa., has paid as much as $3,180 for gas in recent weeks, up from about $1,500 […]
Rising fuel prices are taking a toll on small businesses, prompting owners of everything from furniture retailers to swimming-pool service companies to trim services and revise contracts as they try to soften the financial hit. Keon Enterprises, in Harrisburg, Pa., has paid as much as $3,180 for gas in recent weeks, up from about $1,500 […]
Canadian Pacific Railway ltd. PC 0.08% trains were halted Sunday morning, stalling global shipments of key manufactured goods and commodities like fertilizers, after an impasse in contract negotiations between the company and its conductors and engineers. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents more than 3,000 conductors, engineers and yard workers at Canadian Pacific, issued […]
US stock futures edged down as investors were concerned of further escalation in the war in Ukraine that could lead to shortfalls of commodities supply. Futures tied to the S&P 500 slide 0.6%, pointing to a moderate pullback in the broad-market index after it closed 1.3% higher on Thursday. Nasdaq-100 futures fell 0.7%, suggesting declines […]
The price action has been nothing short of breathtaking — oil has swung by $55 a barrel this year. On Thursday alone, it surged by more than 7% after peace negotiations stalled in Ukraine and billionaire Warren Buffett boosted his stake in a high-flying US oil company. Early on March 17, West Texas crude oil […]
US and global benchmark crude oil officially entered a bear market on Tuesday, just five trading days after they settled at their highest prices since 2008. “The collapse has been spectacular,” Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst at ThinkMarkets, in a market update. On Tuesday, the front-month April West Texas Intermediate crude futures contract CL.1, -7.18% CLJ22, […]
US and global benchmark crude oil entered bear market territory on Tuesday, just five trading days after they settled at their highest prices since 2008. “The collapse has been spectacular,” Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst at ThinkMarkets, in a market update. In Tuesday dealings, the front-month April West Texas Intermediate crude futures contract CL.1, -5.81% CLJ22, […]
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