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Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street ends 2021 with double-digit gain

Asian stock markets were mixed Monday on 2022's first trading day after Wall Street ended last year with a double-digit gain. Hong Kong retreated while Seoul gained. Markets in Japan, China and Australia were closed. Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index slipped Friday amid lingering worries about the coronavirus's omicron variant but ended 2021 with an annual gain of 26.9 per cent. It remains to be seen to what extent the optimism of the New Year will be reflected in financial markets, said Venkateswaran Levanya of Mizuho Bank in a report. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 0.3 per cent to 23,332.13 while Seoul's Kospi rose 0.3 per cent to 2,987.29. Singapore, Jakarta and Malaysia advanced. Thai markets were closed. Also Monday, Singapore's government announced its economy grew by 7.2 per cent last year, rebounding from the previous year's 5.4 per cent contraction. On Friday, the S&P 500 slipped 0.3 per cent to 4,766.18. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.2 per cent to ...

S&P 500, Dow score record highs as unemployment claims drop

Seven of the 11 major S&P 500 sector indexes traded higher, led by the real estate sector

Kamala Harris quietly taps Wall Street, tech CEOs for advice on policy

Corporate leaders say the vice president is continuing to engage them on other challenges, from the resurgence of the coronavirus to supply chain constraints and semiconductor shortages

European stocks close at five-week high as Wall Street shares trade mixed

Asset classes from oil to equities have clawed back losses from late November, when the Omicron variant of COVID-19 sent investors scurrying for safety

Wall Street rises for fifth day, S&P 500 hits record high; Dow up 110 pts

The S&P 500 was up 7.62 points, or 0.16%, at 4,798.81, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 3.97 points, or 0.03%, at 15,875.23

S&P 500 scores record high on retail sales cheer; Dow rises 270 points

The Nasdaq Composite added 196.73 points, or 1.26%, at 15,850.10

Wall Street rises for third day as Omicron fears ease; Dow up 223 points

Merck's at-home Covid-19 pill gets US approval; weekly jobless claims unchanged at 205,000

Wall St firms grapple with return-to-office conundrum as Omicron explodes

With the fourth wave of the pandemic now in full force, financial firms are once again grappling with when they can realistically get back to business-as-usual

US stocks close up as Omicron fears fall; 'Santa Claus rally' may be muted

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stock indexes closed broadly higher on Wednesday after investors cheered positive economic data and the White House said it was resuming talks on a massive social spending and climate change bill with a holdout senator.

Wall Street rebounds from Omicron selloff after strong Nike, Micron results

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 539.76 points, or 1.55%, to 35,471.92, the S&P 500 gained 72.79 points, or 1.59%, to 4,640.81

Asian stocks firm after Wall Street rout, but Omicron variant risks loom

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Asian shares advanced on Tuesday, shrugging off a bruising Wall Street session, as Chinese markets cheered Beijing's move to help troubled property firms, although surging cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant remain a worry for investors.

Wall Street ends lower on Omicron concern, Biden spending plan setbacks

US stocks ended trading down by more than 1%, pressured lower by surging Omicron coronavirus cases and a possible fatal blow to a $1.75 trillion domestic spending bill

Wall Street falls after slide in Big Tech stocks; Dow declines 500 pts

Heavyweight tech shares fall, financials erase gains; Oracle falls on report co in talks to buy Cerner

Sensex sheds 889pts, Nifty gives up 17k; RIL, financials weigh; Infy up 3%

The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended with losses of 2.4 per cent and 2.1 per cent, respectively. Declining stocks outpaced advancing shares in more than 2:1 ratio

Investors eye US Federal Reserve to plot next move in Omicron fog

Omicron remains a wild card in the equation with the full impact of the new coronavirus variant as yet unclear, analysts said

Sensex slips 329pts, Nifty ends 104pts lower; Bajaj twins, ITC, TCS slip

The broader markets also weakened towards the end of the trading session; Sun Pharma, however, gained nearly 3 per cent.

Wall Street rises as inflation data meets estimates; Dow up 85 pts

US consumer prices increase further in November; Oracle leaps on upbeat quarterly results, outlook

Wall Street pauses after sharp rally this week; healthcare sole gainer

Nine of the 11 major S&P sectors declined in early trading; CVS rises on 2021 profit forecast raise, 2022 outlook

Sensex ends 157 pts higher, Nifty reclaims 17,500; ITC surges 5%, L&T 3%

The broader markets logged smart gains for the third straight trading session; Advancing shares outnumbered declining stocks in nearly 2:1 ratio on the BSE

Covid outbreak at Jefferies casts a pall over US banks' return to office

Investment bank Jefferies Financial Group on Wednesday asked staff to work from home again due to a spate of Covid-19 cases