Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed as China stocks get bump from new property measures

Asian shares were mixed on Friday, with Chinese stocks reversing earlier losses following the announcement of fresh measures to revive the ailing property market. U.S. futures were little changed, with the contract for the Dow Jones Industrial Average near 40,000 after it topped...

Stock market today: Asian shares retreat after Wall St edges back from records

Asian shares retreated on Friday after U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights, though the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly topped 40,000 for the first time. U.S. futures fell and oil prices edged higher. Chinese stocks were little changed after...

How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 5/16/2024

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close near their record levels after the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly topped the 40,000 level for the first time. The Dow ended with a loss of 0.1% Thursday. The S&P 500 index, which is much more widely followed on Wall Street, slipped...

The Dow just crossed 40,000 for the first time. The number is big but means little for your 401(k)

NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average just topped 40,000 for the first time, the latest pop in what's been a surprisingly good year for Wall Street. But just like New Year's represents an arbitrary point in time in the Earth's revolution around the sun, such milestones...

Deere Q2 results top Street but it cuts 2024 profit outlook again as farmers buy fewer tractors

Deere's fiscal second-quarter results beat Wall Street's expectations, but the company lowered its full-year profit forecast for a second time as farmers buy fewer tractors and other equipment as they deal with declining prices for their crops. Deere, which makes agricultural...

Stock market today: Asian shares advance after another round of Wall St records

Asian shares advanced on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records on hopes that inflation is heading back in the right direction. The optimism came from a report showing U.S. consumers had to pay prices for gasoline, car insurance and everything else in April that were 3.4%...

Petco, Nextracker rise; Dlocal, AMC Entertainment fall, Wednesday, 5/15/2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Nextracker Inc., up $2.97 to $45.98. The solar energy equipment supplier beat Wall Street's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings forecasts. AMC Entertainment Holdings...

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 5/15/2024

U.S. stocks rallied to records on hopes that inflation is heading back in the right direction. The S&P 500 jumped 1.2% Wednesday to top its prior all-time high set in March. The Nasdaq composite added 1.4% to its own record set a day earlier, while the Dow Jones Industrial...

U.S. stocks rally to records after encouraging data on inflation as S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq composite set all-time highs

Stock market today: Asian markets follow Wall Street higher ahead of U.S. key inflation update

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday after a rally on Wall Street that took the Nasdaq composite index to a record high. A report Tuesday showed that prices remain stubbornly high at the wholesale level in the United States, before many price changes are...