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S&P 500 gains on promising Covid-19 vaccine data, more stimulus hopes

US drugmaker Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech reported additional data from their experimental Covid-19 vaccine that showed it was safe and induced an immune response in patients

Wall Street opens higher as investors bet on stimulus-led economic revival

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 39.91 points, or 0.15%, at the open to 26,774.62.

Morgan Stanley posts record profit on trading boom amid Covid-19 crisis

Trading powerhouses Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs performed better than Main Street rivals JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup

Covid-19: Moderna soars 18% as vaccine gives promising early results

The US biotech firm's breakthrough is one of the most promising developments yet in the race to develop a vaccine against the virus that has paralysed the world's economy.

A sustained bull market?

For many stocks to go up at the same time, the most important parts of the economy - construction, auto, finance, basic materials, consumer products - have to enjoy tailwinds

Wall Street opens higher on hopes of stimulus, decline in Covid-19 cases

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 136.90 points, or 0.55%, to 25,152.45 at the open.

Wall Street opens higher after previous session's big rout; Dow up over 2%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 531.25 points, or 2.11%, at the open to 25,659.42.

With more jobs, the transition of greatness for US has begun: White House

The unemployment rate for April was 14.7 per cent, which was the highest since 1948. With the addition of 2.5 million jobs, the monthly rate dropped to 13.3 per cent for May

How foreign assets in your portfolio can protect it from volatility

The Indian economy and markets, for instance, tend to be hit hard by high oil prices

Dow Jones, S&P tumble over 2% on gloomy economic data, bank earnings

The banking subsector declined 5.2%, falling for the third straight day

The great 2020 coronavirus crash is different as market uncertainty looms

The scariest aspect of the crash is that, for once, it's about something real

Global stocks plunge, dollar slides as Fed's emergency cut spooks investors

US stock futures plunged 4.8% to hit their downlimit before daybreak in Singapore. The dollar sank more than 2% against the yen

US in crisis mode as coronavirus cases soar, travel restrictions loom

Hollywood has postponed the release of several movies and movie theaters around the world have been closed over the health crisis

Teflon-coated S&P 500

Continued weakness in EM equities will ironically lead to capital flows into India as global investors seek a hiding place

S&P 500 hits four-month high on higher oil prices, PepsiCo earnings

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 hitting a four-month high, as energy companies got a lift from firming oil prices and strong results from PepsiCo signaled a flying start to the second-quarter earnings season.

World's richest, including Buffett, Bezos lose $114 bn in US market rout

Shares of the Amazon fell 2.8% and Jeff Bezos' fortune slipped $3.3 billion to $116.4 billion

Jerome Powell's first day at US Federal Reserve brings stock market rout

The stock plunge is occurring during an upswing in the economy with the unemployment rate at 4.1%

US stock exchange: Deutsche Bank warned about the worst week for markets

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 600 points as a strong employment report of sent Treasury yields toward 3%

Wall Street falls, dollar up on March Federal Reserve rate hike bets

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 112.58 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 21,002.97

With rate hike on the horizon, investors push S&P 500 lower

The S&P 500 Index tumbled 0.7 per cent to 2,153.74 earlier this week, its worst decline since the week ended September 9