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Wall Street opens higher as investors bet on progress in stimulus talks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 45.99 points, or 0.16 per cent

Faster profit upgrades put emerging markets ahead of US stocks

Equity analysts have boosted the average profit forecast for companies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by 12.1 per cent in dollar terms since a low on June 1

Wall Street ends weaker after stimulus hopes come back down to earth

Downbeat comments from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that a deal would not likely be made before the vote

Wall Street closes lower on vaccine delay, dampened stimulus hopes

While all three major stock indexes closed in the red, a gain Microsoft Corp shares helped the mitigate the tech-heavy Nasdaq's loss

S&P 500, Dow slip on J&J vaccine worries; Apple, Amazon prop up Nasdaq

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 72.57 points, or 0.25 per cent, at the open

Tech stocks extend Wall Street rally as investors bet on stimulus

Apple Inc was a major support for the three main stock indexes with a 3.6 per cent gain ahead of a special event on Tuesday

Wall Street bounces back from losing streak as tech, bank stocks gain

The S&P 500 financials index jumped 2.6 per cent and was on track for its best day in two and a half months

Amazon leads Wall Street rebound, even as economic worries deepen

Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, Alphabet Incand Facebook Inc, which together have fueled Wall Street's rally since the pandemic slammed markets in March, all rose more than 1 per cent

Nasdaq, S&P 500 crawl higher on Amazon, Apple boost; Dow remains muted

Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc, which together fuelled a Wall Street rally since a coronavirus-driven crash in March, rose between 0.3% and 0.9% in early deals

Global Markets: Stocks gain on US manufacturing survey, stimulus hopes

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.25% while Japan's Nikkei advanced 0.35%

Why it's about time you began investing in markets outside India

Keep an investment horizon of at least five years, start with US and then go beyond that

Bears are going extinct in US stock market's $13 trillion rebound

Virtually every constituency in the market has gotten more bullish as the S&P 500 surged 52% in five months

Moderna shares jump on $1.5 billion US contract for Covid-19 vaccine

The United States and Moderna announced the agreement for 100 million doses of its potential Covid-19 vaccine late on Tuesday

Wall Street jumps, S&P 500 crawls towards record high on stimulus hopes

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the White House and top Democrats in Congress may not be able to reach a deal on coronavirus aid

Investors preparing portfolios for a potentially rocky patch in US stocks

Most money managers are wary of cutting equity exposure too drastically in a market that has rallied more than 40% since late March

S&P, Dow fall on grim economic data, US election uncertainty, earnings

Investors also fretted ahead of high-profile earnings reports and expiration of enhanced employment benefits

Wall Street adds to gains after Fed pledges more support to US economy

At the end of its two-day policy meeting the Fed said it maintained its interest rate target range until it is confident the economy has weathered the virus

Wall Street rises on upbeat earnings as Fed looms; Nasdaq up over 1%

Of the 163 S&P 500 firms that have reported results, 79.1 per cent have surpassed a low bar of quarterly profit expectations, according to Refinitiv IBES data

Wall Street opens higher on upbeat corporate earnings, stimulus hopes

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 152.27 points, or 0.57%, at the open to 26,833.14, and the S&P 500 opened higher by 16.68 points, or 0.51%, at 3,268.52.

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