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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...

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday and the S&P 500 notched a closing record after a flurry of economic data that included a reading of economic growth pushed bond yields higher and elevated growth names. The Commerce Department said gross domestic product increased at a...

U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday after a rocky start to the week, as a rebound in technology shares offset tumbling consumer stocks such as Nike. Megacaps extended gains from Thursday, when chipmaker Micron Technology's  MU.O strong forecasts re-ignited optimism...

Wall Street's main indexes closed higher on Thursday as a soft inflation report fed expectations for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, while chipmaker Micron's blowout forecast signaled strong AI demand. The Consumer Price Index report showed that consumer...

Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq sinking to three-week lows as nagging worries about the artificial intelligence trade weighed on technology stocks. Oracle ORCL.N dropped after a report said the cloud...

Wall Street's main indexes slipped on Tuesday, impacted by declines in healthcare and energy stocks, but the Nasdaq pared some losses in the afternoon. Investors evaluated delayed economic data to gauge the Federal Reserve's monetary policy outlook for next year. A...

Wall Street closed lower on Monday as investors braced for a slew of economic data later this week while assessing reports on Federal Reserve candidates and commentary from policymakers for clues on the interest rate outlook.  The nonfarm payroll figures for October...

Wall Street's major indexes were lower on Friday as investors left technology for other sectors as Broadcom and Oracle fueled concerns about an AI-fueled bubble and rising U.S. Treasury yields added pressure after some policymakers spoke out against easing monetary...

The S&P 500 and the Dow boasted record closing highs on Thursday as investors favored financial stocks after a Federal Reserve policy update that was less hawkish than expected while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite underperformed as Oracle's financial update made...