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Wall Street's main indexes finished lower on Thursday with technology-heavy Nasdaq leading declines as investors were rattled by the latest earnings reports and worried about whether hefty spending on artificial intelligence would pay off for mega‑cap tech...

The S&P 500 touched a record high and extended gains to a fifth session on Tuesday, as investors sifted through a slew of earnings, while a Medicare Advantage payment proposal from the White House sent health insurers sharply lower. The S&P 500 now hovers...

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq advanced for a fourth consecutive session on Monday, as investors geared up for a slew of mega-cap earnings and a Federal Reserve update on interest rate policy later this week. Both indexes hit their highest levels in more than a week...

Investors who have been consumed by geopolitical turmoil to start the year may switch focus in the coming week to prospects for artificial intelligence-related profits and the path for interest rates, with a huge crop of earnings reports and a Federal Reserve meeting...

Wall Street's main indexes finished higher on Thursday, the second straight day of gains, as investors bought shares after the U.S. President rescinded tariff threats on European allies while data highlighted American economic resilience. The advance came the day...

All three Wall Street benchmarks closed higher on Wednesday, buoyed by the news that a framework for an agreement on Greenland had been reached, averting the possibility of new U.S. tariffs on European allies. Wall Street benchmarks had been trading in positive...

Investors will be counting on a strong corporate earnings season to keep the rally in U.S. stocks intact as they digest a wave of domestic policy proposals and heightened geopolitical tensions to start the year.  After banks and other financial firms kicked off...

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, led by a drop in the Nasdaq with technology shares declining as investors moved into more defensive areas, while bank stocks extended recent losses following some mixed quarterly results. The S&P 500 bank index .SPXBK dropped, with...

U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday, led by a drop in financial shares as comments from JPMorgan executives added to worries about the U.S.President's proposal for a cap on credit‑card rates. Investors also digested a report from earlier in the day showing that a...

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...