US stocks rocketed higher in a volatile session and bond yields jumped to the highest level in almost three years after the Federal Reserve officially said it would raise interest rates for the first time since 2018. Major indexes rallied at the open, pared their gains after the Fed announcement and then raced to finish […]
Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell will host a press conference at 2:30 pm Eastern. Graeme Jennings/POOL/AFP via Getty Images After a brief bout of weakness, the stock market ended the day sharply higher after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-point and signaled that another six could follow. It was a wild […]
US stocks climbed and bond yields jumped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve officially said it would raise interest rates for the first time since 2018. The S&P 500 was up 1.3% in recent trading. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite advanced 2.4%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%. The indexes initially pared their gains in […]
Companies are unveiling plans to repurchase their own shares at a record pace, lending support to the battered stock market. Firms in the S&P 500 have outlined buyback plans valued at $238 billion through the first two months of 2022, according to data from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS 1.29% a high for this point […]
Text size AMC Empire 25 Theater in Times Square, New York Dreamstime AMC Entertainment just struck gold. Literally. The movie theater company announced it has bought a 22% stake in Hycroft Mining Holding and its 71,000-acre gold and silver mine in northern Nevada. CMA (ticker: AMC) will invest $27.9 million in cash in Hycroft ( […]
Oil prices and Chinese stocks slumped after Beijing imposed sweeping Covid-19 lockdowns, while US stock indexes opened higher ahead of the start of a cycle of interest-rate rises from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% in early trading Tuesday, while the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was ahead 0.6%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite […]
Stocks and oil prices tumbled Monday as investors assessed the impact of new Covid-19 outbreaks in China and awaited a likely interest-rate increase by the Federal Reserve later this week. The technology-focused Nasdaq Composite dropped 262.59 points, or 2%, to 12581.22, its lowest level since December 2020, as China locked down the key manufacturing regions […]
Text size Russia continues to attack Ukraine. Above, a resident carries belongings out of a heavily damaged apartment building in Kharkiv on Sunday. AFP via Getty Images Stocks gave up earlier gains Monday, as investors monitored continued talks between Russia and Ukraine ahead of Wednesday’s decision from the Federal Reserve. Technology stocks were hit hard. […]
Yields on US government bonds have surged back to their highest levels since 2019, reflecting investors’ growing bets that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine won’t slow the momentum toward higher interest rates. The yield on the benchmark 10-year US Treasury note settled at 2.139%, up from 2.004% Friday and its highest close since June 2019. Yields, […]
Stocks climbed and oil prices tumbled Monday, easing fears that a surge in commodity prices could stall the US economy as investors awaited a likely interest-rate increase by the Federal Reserve later this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly 1%, and the S&P 500 gained 0.6%. The benchmark stock index has fallen for […]
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