Data signaling strength in the US economy has prompted traders to bet on a 75-basis-point interest rate hike by the Fed later this month
Bed Bath & Beyond shares sink after CFO's death; Wall Street coming off three straight week of declines
Even though the government is yet to make up its mind on inclusion of G-Secs (Government Securities) in global bond indices, Wall Street brokerage Morgan Stanley expects indices major JP Morgan to make an announcement in this regard as early as next week. On Monday finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told an industry gathering that the 2020 budget proposal on allowing bond inclusion in international indices could not move forward as the fund flows did not meet the desired levels, due to many reasons including the Covid pandemic. Without offering any details like a timeline or the tax and stamp duty breaks that investors were demanding, Sitharaman said: "I don't know whether we're holding it back or not. I think global situation changed a lot since I made that statement in the 2020 budget. "Global fund flows have not been as big as we wanted it to be primarily due to other reasons. So it'll come to its natural, logical conclusion soon." According to the RBI data, G-Secs outstanding
Snap jumps as it restructures ad business, lays off staff; Netflix rises after hiring two Snap Inc executives; Bed Bath & Beyond sinks on corporate overhaul
Traders expect 75bps rate hike in September; Dow Inc falls after Keybanc cuts to 'underweight'
Chief among the reasons for the gloomy outlook is a belief that the Fed will continue hiking rates and keep them above neutral longer than markets had anticipated as recently as a week ago
Data shows mild US economic contraction in Q2; Salesforce falls after slashing outlook, citing macro concerns; Nvidia forecasts sharp drop in Q3 sales; Tesla slips as 3-for-1 stock split kicks in
Tesla rises ahead of stock split; Nordstrom dives after cutting profit forecast; Intuit gains on upbeat revenue forecast, Q4 results
Gold snapped a six-session losing streak while Wall Street was little changed on hopes the Fed will turn dovish
Megacap growth, tech stocks extend losses; AMC tumbles as UK's Cineworld mulls bankruptcy filing
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.86%, to 33,706.15, the S&P 500 lost 1.29%, to 4,228.37, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped about 2%, to 12,705.22
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.54% to 33,813.96, the S&P 500 lost 0.67% to 4,254.83 and the Nasdaq Composite declined about 1% to 12,837.36
Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 192.74 points, or 0.57%, at 33,806.30, the S&P 500 was down 38.75 points, or 0.90%, at 4,244.99
Wall Street was set to open lower, with S&P 500 futures down 1% and Nasdaq futures down 1.2%
Weekly jobless claims fall 2,000 to 250,000; Kohl's slashes 2022 forecasts
US retail sales flat in July; core sales rise; retailer Target's quarterly profit slumps
Walmart sees smaller profit drop this year; Home Depot beats sales estimates; US yields rise as retail data points to more Fed tightening
Net sales for the largest US home improvement chain climbed 6.5% to a $43.79 bn, compared with estimates of $43.36 bn
US producer prices fall in July, underlying inflation slows; Disney tops Netflix on streaming subscribers, shares jump; US weekly jobless claims rise for second straight week
World shares were mixed Thursday after Wall Street benchmarks closed at three-month highs as investors cheered a report showing inflation cooled more than expected in July. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices also advanced. The U.S. government said Wednesday that consumer inflation jumped 8.5% in July from a year earlier. But that was down from June's four-decade high of 9.1%. Germany's DAX edged 0.2% lower, to 13,674.98, while in Paris the CAC 40 added 0.1% to 6,531.38. Britain's FTSE 100 slipped 0.1% to 7,498.34. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 0.2% higher. On Wednesday, the S&P 500 surged 2.1% on expectations that slower inflation will mean the Federal Reserve may moderate its interest rates hikes. Technology stocks, cryptocurrencies and other investments that have been among the year's biggest losers due to the Fed's aggressive rate hikes led the way. The Nasdaq composite, whose many high-growth and expensive-looking stocks have ..