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U.S. stocks modestly higher after consumer confidence data
Exchange-traded funds that track the home-building sector fell on Tuesday, following the most recent data on home prices. The SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF fell 0.4% while the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF was down 0.6%. The PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio slid 0.6%. The S&P/Case-Shiller national index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.5% in the three-month period ending in January, and was up 6.2% compared with a year before. Among specific companies, D.R. Horton Inc. fell 0.9% while Toll Brothers Inc. was off 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped less than 0.1% while the S&P 500 was down 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite Index was unchanged.
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U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher on Tuesday, extending sharp gains from the previous session, as concerns about global trade policy continued to fade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 54 points, or 0.2%, to 24,260. The S&P 500 index gained 5 points, or 0.2% to 2,663. Meanwhile the Nasdaq Composite advanced 25 points, or 0.3% to 7,244. Among the best performers on the S&P 500, Red Hat Inc.'s stock jumped after the software company posted better-than-expected quarterly results late Monday.
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Dow rises 0.4%; S&P 500 gains 0.3%
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Whereas nothing seemed to faze the market in 2017, everything seems to be faze it in 2018.
A stock market selloff deepened on Monday after, led by high-flying technology stocks.
Major stateside stock benchmarks are pacing for a better annual performance than much of the rest of the world, despite a volatile few weeks.
It's quite likely the new chair will see more market volatility during his term than did his predecessor. Janet Yellen's time at the helm was marked by mostly serene markets.
Money is flowing back into stocks, a sign that investors believe the market will keep climbing after the recent selloff.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly fell more than 5% from its record high on Monday morning, a pullback that has historically served as an entry-point for bargain-hunting investors.
The stock market's long stretch of calm was interrupted this week.
President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that his election loss would have sparked a plunge in the stock market that's only ever happened eight times.
The year is just 15 trading sessions old and already the stock market has put in almost a full year's worth of gains.
Barring a massive shock before the closing bell on Monday, the S&P 500 will have had 395 trading days without a decline of 5% or more from a record high
Investors are pouring into the stock market as major indexes extend their monstrous rise.
The Nasdaq Composite Index closed at an inflation-adjusted record for the first time in nearly two decades, passing one of the few elusive milestones during this long bull market.
Boeing Co. isn't the biggest firm in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a blue chip index that also includes the largest U.S.-listed company by market value, Apple Inc.
The stock market had a blowout start to the year. In just four days, the S&P 500 rose 2.6%, its best week since the end of 2016. That's a good omen for the rest of 2018.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average can thank Boeing Co. for its record-breaking run.
No company is more tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average than General Electric Co. But the Boston-based conglomerate wasn't much help in the blue-chip index's run to its latest milestone.
After a year in which the S&P 500 rose 19%, Wall Street expectations are for a more modest rise in 2018.
Just because stocks had a banner year in 2017 doesn't mean they have to have a bad year in 2018.
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When stocks sell-off, a whole bunch of new financial terms start popping up that you may not be familiar with. Here's our cheat sheet to help you out.
Key U.S. | Last | Chg | Chg % |
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Dow Jones Industrial Average | |||
NASDAQ Composite Index | |||
S&P 500 Index | |||
Russell 2000 Index | |||
Other U.S. | Last | Chg | Chg % |
Dow Jones Transportation Average | |||
Dow Jones Utility Average Index | |||
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index | |||
NASDAQ 100 Index (NASDAQ Calculation) | |||
S&P 400 Mid Cap Index | |||
NYSE Composite Index | |||
Barron's 400 Index | |||
CBOE Volatility Index | |||
Global | Last | Chg | Chg % |
Global Dow Realtime USD | |||
Asia/Pacific | Last | Chg | Chg % |
The Asia Dow Index USD | |||
S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index | |||
Shanghai Composite Index | |||
Hang Seng Index | |||
S&P BSE Sensex Index | |||
NIKKEI 225 Index | |||
FTSE Straits Times Index | |||
Europe | Last | Chg | Chg % |
STOXX Europe 50 Index EUR | |||
STOXX Europe 600 Index EUR | |||
CAC 40 Index | |||
DAX | |||
IBEX 35 Index | |||
FTSE 100 Index GBP | |||
Americas | Last | Chg | Chg % |
BOVESPA Index | |||
S&P/TSX Composite Index | |||
IPC Indice de Precios Y Cotizaciones |
Company | Last | Chg | Chg % |
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General Electric Co. | |||
Nike Inc. Cl B | |||
DowDuPont Inc. | |||
UnitedHealth Group Inc. | |||
Home Depot Inc. | |||
American Express Co. | |||
Pfizer Inc. | |||
Boeing Co. | |||
Procter & Gamble Co. | |||
Intel Corp. | |||
Chevron Corp. | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | |||
McDonald's Corp. | |||
Coca-Cola Co. | |||
Apple Inc. | |||
Verizon Communications Inc. | |||
Caterpillar Inc. | |||
International Business Machines Corp. | |||
United Technologies Corp. | |||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | |||
Travelers Cos. Inc. | |||
Cisco Systems Inc. | |||
Microsoft Corp. | |||
3M Co. | |||
Johnson & Johnson | |||
Walt Disney Co. | |||
Merck & Co. Inc. | |||
VISA Inc. Cl A | |||
Walmart Inc. |