Browsing Tag »nasdaq composite index«
→ April 12, 2012
By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:33pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – An encouraging start to earnings season helped stocks rebound on Wednesday from five days of losses that pushed the SP 500 below a key technical level. Equities cut gains late in the session after the Federal Reserve said rising [...]
→ April 2, 2012
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK | Mon Apr 2, 2012 12:27pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street advanced on Monday, the first trading day of the second quarter, as upbeat Chinese and manufacturing data overshadowed a report showing continued softness in Europe. Stocks closed their strongest quarter in more than two years on a [...]
→ March 28, 2012
By Angela Moon NEW YORK | Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:39pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Wednesday as weaker-than-expected data on durable goods orders and a drop in oil prices prompted selling in energy and materials shares. The SP energy sector index .GSPE was off 1.7 percent and the materials sector index [...]
→ March 26, 2012
By Angela Moon NEW YORK | Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:25pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Monday, with all 10 SP sectors trading higher, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the U.S. central bank would continue supportive monetary policies even as the unemployment rate improves. Major stock indexes, rebounding from last [...]