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The three major stock indexes closed higher on Tuesday, aided by energy stocks, while investors saw reason for optimism for a trade breakthrough between the U.S. and China after the President delayed tariffs for Canada and Mexico. New 10% U.S. tariffs on Chinese...

The major stock indexes closed lower on Monday, but partly recovered from initial steeper losses as the U.S. President delayed tariffs on Mexico after his orders to levy tariffs on three countries sparked a global scramble to safe-haven assets earlier in the day. The...

The S&P 500 and Dow were slightly lower on Friday, with indexes losing ground in afternoon trading after the White House said the U.S. President will implement on Saturday tariffs of 25% on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on Chinese goods with immediate...

U.S. stocks ended a volatile session higher on Thursday as investors digested a stack of key earnings reports, with upbeat comments from Tesla TSLA.O helping to offset a disappointing forecast from Microsoft MSFT.O . Indexes briefly lost ground late in the session...

U.S. stocks ended lower but off their lows of the day on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady as expected and Fed Chair Jerome Powell offered soothing comments on the economy. Technology shares were the biggest drags on the S&P 500, with...

U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday, with Nvidia  NVDA.O  and other artificial intelligence-linked technology shares recovering from sharp losses the previous day as investors snapped up bargains. The Nasdaq led gains and AI chip leader Nvidia gave the index its...

Nasdaq posted its biggest one-day percentage drop since Dec. 18 on Monday as a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model prompted a steep selloff in U.S. chipmakers. AI leader Nvidia  NVDA.O  sank 17%, and it erased about $593 billion in stock market value, the...

Wall Street's indexes rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 hitting a record high during the session, as investors cheered streaming video provider Netflix's quarterly report and technology shares rallied a day after President Donald Trump announced a...

Wall Street's main indexes closed higher on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow hitting their highest in more than a month, as investors assessed the new President's first actions and breathed relief that he did not start his second term with blanket tariff...

U.S. stocks rallied on Friday to close out a strong week on optimism over the health of the economy and path of interest rates as investors braced for a slew of policy changes under the incoming administration. The S&P 500 and Dow Industrials registered their...