Commodity/Financial Market News

U.S. stock indexes opened higher Tuesday, a day after a record close for the S&P 500 amid lower liquidity in the last days of the year.The S&P 500 added 0.1% after the broad-market index rallied 1.4% on Monday. The Nasdaq…

Technical strategist Tom DeMark in March said bitcoin could fall as low as $18,418 — back when the cryptocurrency was trading as high as $48,000. A volatile weekend had bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.45%…

Stocks on Wall Street were down in morning trading, at the end of a week that saw major central banks chart divergent courses as they confront inflation. Here’s what we’re watching in Friday’s action: Electric-vehicle…

The stock market was slipping Friday, after the June employment report revealed that the U.S. economy added more jobs than expected, spurring bets of a more hawkish Federal Reserve. The U.S. added 372,000 jobs for the month of June,…

Biotech stocks have fallen to earth with a thud in 2021 after soaring last year amid excitement over the development of COVID-19 vaccines, dealing big losses to some hedge funds. The sector is being buffeted by…

Text size GameStop stock could see renewed interest after the company reports…

It’s easy to want to duck for cover given the carnage seen this year in stocks and bonds, particularly with the Federal Reserve vowing to wage an unconditional battle against high inflation.While inflation running at a 40-year high still…

U.S. stocks rose on Monday as the few investors staying on Wall Street capitalized on what is traditionally a lightly attended but bullish week, pushing the S&P 500 to an intraday record.The S&P 500 rose 1.1% after the index hit…

Technology stocks were poised for further losses at the opening bell after getting clobbered by investors concerned about likely interest-rate rises. Futures for the technology-heavy Nasdaq-100 edged…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — There’s a two-out-of-three chance that the stock market will rise through the end of this year. Before you get too excited by these odds, however, you should know that the same odds exist at the…