BY ANGELO YOUNG @ANGELOYOUNG_ ON 01/04/16 AT 9:51 AM This story was updated at 2:06 p.m. EST. Global stock indexes tumbled deeply into the red Monday on the first trading day of 2016 as weak China manufacturing data rekindled concerns of a considerable slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was on its…
Stocks End 2015 Mixed to Mostly Lower Stocks ended 2015 mixed to mostly lower. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, DJ Transports, Small Cap Russell 2000, Mid Cap S&P 400, NYSE Composite all closed in the red. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq composite and Nasdaq 100 ended 2015 higher. The move in the latter two indices was largely…
Thursday, Dec 31, 2015 12:33pm EST U.S. stocks traded lower Thursday, the last day of trade for 2015, as investors eyed oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average traded about 30 points lower after briefly falling 150 points in morning trade as all constituents declined. The S&P 500 struggled to hold positive territory for 2015…
Markets | Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:40am EST Wall Street was lower on Thursday, with the S&P 500 set to end the year with a small loss as energy stocks took a hit from a plunge in crude oil. Trading volumes are expected to be thin on the last day of the year, with traders…
Markets | Mon Dec 28, 2015 8:53am EST U.S. stock indexes were set to open lower on the first day of the last trading week of the year as oil prices continued to fall due to oversupply. Brent crude was down 2.4 percent and were hovering near 11-year lows. Exxon’s shares were down 1.5 percent…
Stocks Back To Break-Even For The Year Stocks rallied sharply last week, led by beaten down areas (energy, materials, transports, etc) that bounced from deeply oversold levels. Not much changed last week as the same underlying conditions, we have outlined for you in recent months, continue to exist beneath the surface. The S&P 500 is back to breakeven for 2015…
Thursday, December 24, 2015 U.S. stocks traded mostly lower in the shortened Thursday session, amid a continued recovery in oil prices, following three solid days of gains. “I think the big news of the week is Santa Claus has come to Wall Street early and brought us to break-even levels for the year,” said Adam…
U.S. stocks traded mostly higher Monday, attempting to recover from a sharp sell-off last week, as investors eyed low oil prices in a shortened trading week. “This time of the year is notorious for rallying. You might get some squaring of positions here that has little to do with oil prices,” said Mark Luschini,…
Markets | Mon Dec 21, 2015 11:42am EST Financial stocks led a cheerful start to the Christmas holiday week for the U.S. stock markets, rebounding from two days of losses, with investors taking in stride a slide in crude prices. Trading volumes are expected to be relatively light this week, with stock markets operating a…