A Better-Than-Expected Jobs Report Causes Markets To Plummet: Here’s Why

Topline Stocks tumbled Friday as investors reacted to data revealing a stronger-than-expected labor market, demonstrating the head-scratching but fundamental economic concept that many see lower unemp...

Dow Jumps More Than 800 Points as Fears of Interest-Rate Hikes Subside

Stocks rallied on Friday after fresh economic data tempered investors’ expectations of steep Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes, as major market indexes notched their first weekly gains after three c...

S&P 500 Poised for Bear Market as Stock Futures Drop

The S&P 500 was on track to open in bear market territory, while global stocks tumbled and bond yields jumped as fears over inflation rattled investors around the world. Futures for the S&P 50...

Stock Market Rises as S&P 500, Nasdaq Add More Than 6% This Week

The S&P 500 raced higher Friday, notching its best week of the year and snapping a punishing losing streak that had almost ended its bull market. A slew of earnings results and economic data has b...

Home Depot & Lowe’s: Do-It-Yourself Profits

Miniature model house standing on a heap of dollar bills. Photo with clipping path.Some similar … [+] pictures from my portfolio: getty There are few industries in which just two companies hold ...

Stock Futures Fall as Bond Yields Edge Higher

U.S. stock futures fell to start the week, indicating that major equity indexes could decline again following last week’s big swings.  Futures for the S&P 500 declined 1%. Contracts tied to the te...

Stock Futures, Oil Prices and Chinese Shares Fall

U.S. stock futures fell, oil prices declined and Chinese stocks suffered their worst selloff in more than two years as Beijing sticks to its zero-Covid strategy while faced with increasing cases in ma...

U.S. Stocks Rise After Russia Agrees to Talks With Ukraine

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average rose after Russia agreed to talks with Ukrainian leadership, while Russian forces closed in on Kyiv and bombing intensified in Ukraine. The two benchma...

Global Markets Fall After Russia Orders Troops Into Ukraine

Oil prices jumped, while global stocks and U.S. futures fell, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway areas of Ukraine, bringing fears of all-out war to their highest ...

European Indexes Waver, Russian Stocks Fall Amid Ukraine Tensions

European stock indexes wavered as investors watched for signs of escalation between Moscow and the West, alongside the potential for a diplomatic solution.  U.S. stock markets will be closed Monday fo...

Interest-Rate Worries Batter Stock Market

Major U.S. stock indexes fell Wednesday as investors worried that the Federal Reserve might respond more aggressively to rising inflation than previously anticipated.  Markets had largely continued 20...

Stocks Rally To Jumpstart 2022, Tesla Surges And Apple Hits $3 Trillion

Topline The stock market started off the new year on a high note Monday, rising sharply as investors bet the U.S. economic recovery will continue despite a surge in Covid cases over the holiday season...

Stocks Rally To Start 2022 As Investors Bet On Economic Recovery

Topline The stock market started off the new year on a high note Monday, rising slightly as investors bet the U.S. economic recovery will continue despite a surge in Covid cases over the holiday seaso...

Tesla, Novavax, Exxon Mobil: What to Watch When the Stock Market Opens Today

Updated Jan. 3, 2022 7:22 am ET Stock futures are rising ahead of the first trading session of the new year. Here’s what we’re watching in Monday’s action: Tesla TSLA -1.27% shares jumped 7.6% ahead o...