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The S&P 500 and Dow registered record closing highs on Monday, with shares of technology companies and retailer Walmart gaining and as investors mostly brushed aside concerns about the U.S. Justice Department's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair...

The S&P 500 rallied to a record high close on Friday, lifted by Broadcom and other chipmakers, while a weaker-than-expected jobs report did little to alter expectations of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year. Wall Street's three main indexes all...

Wall Street ended mixed on Thursday, as Nvidia and other technology stocks dipped, while defense companies advanced after the US President called for an enlarged $1.5 trillion military budget. Nvidia  NVDA.O  slid 2.2%, Broadcom  AVGO.O  declined 3.2% and...

Wall Street ended higher on Tuesday, as chip stocks surged on renewed AI optimism, Moderna rallied and the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high. Moderna  MRNA.O  jumped after BofA Global Research raised its price target on the drugmaker, helping lift the...

Wall Street ended higher on Monday, with surging financial shares helping lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average to an all-time peak, while energy firms jumped after a U.S. military strike captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Investors bet Washington's move...

The Dow and S&P 500 indexes ended higher on Friday, starting 2026 by snapping a four-day losing streak, helped by gains in chip makers Nvidia NVDA.O , Intel <INTC.O> and Boeing.    In 2025, the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all notched double-digit...

Wall Street's major indexes ended lower in the final trading session of 2025, but notched big annual gains after a roller-coaster year dominated by President Donald Trump's tariff uncertainties and a euphoria around AI-focused stocks. The S&P 500  .SPX ,...

U.S. stocks slumped on Tuesday, while gold bounced back on the penultimate trading day of 2025. All three indexes dipped into negative territory in a light-volume pre-holiday session in a subdued ending to a volatile year. Having weathered a year of tariff wars, the...

Wall Street's main indexes ended lower on Monday, kicking off the final week of the year on a softer note, as heavyweight technology stocks retreated from last week's gains that had pushed the S&P 500 to record highs. The information technology...

Wall Street ended a light-volume post-Christmas session nearly unchanged on Friday, with few catalysts to fuel much conviction one way or the other. All three major U.S. stock indexes closed essentially flat, but logged weekly gains.  Market participants watched for...