US stocks opened higher Friday and oil prices advanced, extending a volatile stretch for markets as investors assessed developments from the war in Ukraine. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 268 points, or 0.8%, shortly after the opening bell. The S&P 500 added 0.7% and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.8%. Stock futures had turned solidly […]
US stocks fell Thursday, as investors weighed up surging US consumer price inflation, a hawkish tilt from the European Central Bank, and stalled Russia-Ukraine negotiations. Oil prices were also rising again. How are stock-index futures trading? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.37% fell 357 points, or 1.1%, to 32,930. The S&P 500 SPX, -1.56% […]
US stock futures declined, while oil prices rose sharply, as investors monitored developments surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and awaited fresh inflation figures. Futures for the S&P 500 declined 1% Thursday, while contracts for the tech-focused Nasdaq-100 fell 1.4% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 0.6% lower. All three indexes broke a […]
European oil giants Shell SHEL 3.18% PLC and BP BP 5.21% PLC said they were stepping back further from doing business with Russia, with Shell saying it will immediately halt all spot purchase of crude from the country and will phase out its other trading and business dealings. A spokesman for BP said it won’t […]
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