Browsing Tag »Thursday«
→ February 24, 2012
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK | Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:35pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks rose on Thursday after data showed the U.S. labor market remained on the mend, but the market stalled as it approached highs not seen since before the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers. In an upbeat note [...]
→ February 2, 2012
By Richard Hubbard LONDON | Thu Feb 2, 2012 3:55am EST LONDON (Reuters) – European shares hit a six-week high on Thursday adding to solid gains after global manufacturing data eased fears about the growth outlook, but with Greek debt talks unresolved, gains were limited. “As long as there’s no bad news, no default in [...]
→ January 26, 2012
NEW YORK | Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:01am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks pared gains on Thursday, with the SP 500 and Nasdaq Composite negative in morning trading as bank and technology sector shares weighed. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI gained 24.74 points, or 0.19 percent, to 12,781.70. The SP 500 Index [...]
→ January 6, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Banks led Wall Street to gains on Thursday even as Europe struggled again, a sign investors are betting a relatively strong U.S. economy will help U.S. stocks outperform other markets. Overall gains were small, but banks advanced for a third day, supported by better-than-expected economic data. U.S. financial shares continued to [...]