US Stock Market

Airline shares dropped in the final minutes of the regular US session after the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a national ground stop of ​all departing flights

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 210.10 points, or 0.40%, to 52,696.65, the S&P 500 gained 21.99 points, or 0.29%, to 7,641.10 and the Nasdaq Composite added 79.16 points, or 0.31%, to 25,545.34

Wall Street fell after stronger-than-expected US inflation data fuelled expectations of a December Fed rate hike, while Brent crude briefly dropped below $90 a barrel.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed higher, led by technology and semiconductor stocks, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index gaining 4.2%. All three major US indexes, however, posted weekly losses

Historically, US equities have performed strongly following midterm elections. The S&P 500 has gained an average of around 6 per cent over the subsequent 60 trading days, data shows.

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates Monday: The GIFT Nifty indicated that the Nifty50 may open on a negative note. Most Asian markets fell in early deals

Reddit will join the S&P 500 next week, giving the wide-ranging online forum a boost in prestige and investments. Joining the S&P 500 is considered an achievement for a company because the index is a widely followed measure of the broader US stock market's health. A company is selected for the index based on several criteria that demonstrate stability, including market size and consistent profitability. Reddit's stock surged 12.6 per cent Friday. Aside from status, inclusion means more investments. The index tracks 500 of the biggest US stocks, and trillions of dollars in investments benchmark themselves against it. Those investments include mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Essentially, those funds will have to buy the stock once it becomes part of the index that the fund is tracking or mimicking. Investors are depending more than ever on funds that simply mimic indexes such as the S&P 500. It's a lower-cost way to invest, allowing savers to keep more of their ...

Apple Inc management warned that supply constraints would intensify significantly from the June quarter.

Wall Street advanced after a weaker-than-expected US jobs report eased fears of further Fed rate hikes, boosting investor sentiment across major indexes

The launch was smoother than many observers expected, with trading kicking off late on Friday morning without the hiccups that had marred Facebook's debut in 2012

GameStop's $56 billion bid for eBay raises funding and strategy concerns, with markets doubting the deal despite potential to reshape the collectibles e-commerce space

Oil shock and Hormuz disruption deepen fears of inflation and slowdown

The dollar fell and US ​Treasury yields rose for a third straight day, even as the US-Iran war expanded after a US submarine sank ​an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka

US stocks are falling Monday after President Donald Trump took little time to ramp up his newest tariffs, and as investors continue to punish companies that could be losers in the artificial-intelligence revolution. The S&P 500 sank 0.8 per cent after Trump said on Saturday that he would place temporary 15 per cent tariffs on other countries. That's up from the 10 per cent rate he had announced Friday in response to a Supreme Court ruling that struck down his sweeping "reciprocal" taxes on imports from around the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 659 points, or 1.3 per cent, as of 1:25 pm. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.9 per cent lower. Trump's quick shift toward more aggressive tariffs shows how much uncertainty still hangs over the global economy, even after the Supreme Court said the president lacked the legal authority to institute his sweeping "reciprocal" tariffs. Beyond a 15 per cent tariff that could last for up to 150 days, unless Congress ...

The US Supreme Court's decision takes away a big cloud that's been hanging over global trade for a year now, analysts said.

Cooling inflation lifts Wall Street, but tech rout on AI fears caps gains; S&P 500, Dow head for worst weekly drop since November

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, Friday: Among the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap 100 and the Smallcap 100 indices were 0.02 per cent and 0.27 per cent down, respectively

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates, Friday: Among the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices were trading 1.7 per cent and 1.67 per cent, down respectively

Stock Market Close Highlights, Jan 22: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap 100 and Smallcap index advanced 1.34 per cent and 0.76 per cent, respectively

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates, January 20: In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap slipped 2.62 per cent and Smallcap dropped over 2.85 per cent