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Stocks rise on Wall Street, but US braces for 100,000 deaths
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks surged on Wall Street to their highest levels since the business shutdowns took hold in the U.S. over two months ago, climbing on optimism Tuesday about the reopening economy even as the nation's official death toll from the coronavirus closed in on 100,000, a number President Donald...
How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as hopes for economic recovery overshadow worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P 500 jumped to a nearly 3-month high, recovering much of its post-pandemic losses. Financial and industrial stocks accounted for much of the market’s gains....
Wall Street up as recovery hopes overshadow virus worries
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Tuesday, driving the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average to their highest levels in nearly three months as optimism over the reopening of the economy overshadowed lingering worries about the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P 500 rose 1.2%, for a time climbing above...
Asian shares up as recovery hopes overshadow virus worries
TOKYO (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving...
Asian shares climb, Tokyo gains on hopes for reopening
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher, with Tokyo stocks gaining on expectations that a pandemic state of emergency will be lifted for all of Japan. But shares fell in Hong Kong on Monday after police used tear gas to quell weekend protests over a proposed national security bill for the former...
How major US stock indexes fared Friday
Wall Street ended mostly higher Friday after a wobbly day of trading. Trading was subdued ahead of the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. Despite the uneven finish, major indexes each notched a weekly gain of more than 3%. Strength in technology, communications and real estate stocks helped reverse much of the...
Wall Street ends a choppy day mostly higher; crude oil falls
Stock indexes finished mostly higher Friday as Wall Street shook off an early slide, closing out a solid week of gains for the market. The S&P 500 index inched up 0.2% after having been down 0.5%. It ended the week with a 3.2% gain, largely due to a big rally on Monday that offset all of the benchmark...
Asian shares fall on US friction with China, Hong Kong fears
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Friday as tensions flared between the U.S. and China and as more job losses compounded the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Hong Kong’s benchmark led regional losses, dropping 3.9% to 23,332.78 after the central government in Beijing said...
How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
Stocks ended lower on Wall Street Thursday as tensions flared again between the U.S. and China and as more dismal news came out detailing economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Technology and health care stocks took some of the heaviest losses. Only industrial sector stocks eked out a gain....
Homebuilders climb even as housing outlook remains cloudy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. economy and housing market had set homebuilders up for a strong 2020. That was before the efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic knocked the economy into a skid, dimmed consumer confidence and left a record number of Americans unemployed. The housing market...
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