© Reuters. Investing.com – The Dow closed higher Thursday, despite giving up most of its gains, as optimism over U.S.-China trade faded and weakness in financials weighed. The rose 0.29% to 24,597, below its session high of 24,740. The fell 0.02%, while the fell 0.39%. Positive sentiment on trade faded, pressuring the broader market, even…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Losses in global stock markets snowballed on Monday, with U.S. equity futures and Asian shares sliding on worries over slowing growth and fears that a rise in tensions between Washington and Beijing could torpedo chances of a trade deal. FILE PHOTO: Men look at stock quotation boards outside a brokerage in Tokyo,…
Welcome to Seeking Alpha’s Stocks to Watch – a preview of key events scheduled for the next week. Follow this account and turn the e-mail alert on to receive this article in your inbox every Saturday morning. Investors are prepping for another week of volatility as concerns over the China trade deal and the impact…
Investors’ retreat from U.S. stocks turned into another rout Friday, leaving major indexes down more than 4% for the week as the November jobs report failed to offset persistent anxiety over the U.S.-China trade dispute and the global economic outlook. The slide pulled the Dow Jones Industrial Average down as much as 663 points and…
SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday as investors questioned if a 90-day truce in a tariffs battle will allow the U.S. and China to resolve a range of issues from technology development to trade. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index shed 1.0 percent to 22,356.80 and the Kospi in South Korea lost…
There’s at least a temporary truce in the budding trade war between the U.S. and China, and global markets are rallying. At the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Presidents Trump and Xi came to a tentative truce on trade, postponing the next round of tariffs and agreeing to a 90-day window for further discussions. Shanghai…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Amazon.com, Walmart, Macy’s, Target – These and other retailers are on watch as shopping results from the holiday weekend – including Black Friday – roll in. Preliminary reports show strong sales with a greater emphasis than ever on online shopping and less on in-store traffic. General…
Micron fell 5.9 percent while Advanced Micro Devices dropped 6.2 percent. Shares of Netflix and Alphabet also dropped 4.9 percent and 2.7 percent, respectively. The technology sector was the best performer in the S&P 500 last year and is the second-best performer for 2018. However, tech is down more than 10 percent from its 52-week…
Shares of cannabis companies traded broadly higher Wednesday, as U.S. midterm elections are likely to usher in a green wave, with Michigan voting to legalize recreational pot and other states supporting medical marijuana likely just the beginning. The sector got a further boost after long-time cannabis opponent Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned “at the request”…
NEW YORK — Stocks sank again Monday on fears that the Trump administration will escalate its trade dispute with China by imposing tariffs on all remaining imports from China to the U.S. The declines came during another dizzying day of trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average swung between a gain of 352 points and a…