U.S. equity markets were modestly higher Thursday morning after President Biden signed a series of executive orders in the first hours of his presidency. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 34 points, or 0.11%, in the opening minutes of trading while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were higher by 0.1% and 0.4%, respectively. All three of the major averages finished in record...
Published: Jan. 20, 2021 at 9:34 a.m. ET Stocks opened higher Wednesday, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden at noon Eastern, as investors remained optimistic over prospects for a round of aggressive fiscal spending to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.79% as up 100 points, or 0.3%, at 310,031, while the S&P 500...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index closed slightly higher on Wednesday with defensive sectors leading gains as investors waited for details of the next U.S. fiscal stimulus plan and Congress began President Donald Trump’s impeachment hearings. U.S. Treasury yields fell after rising for six straight sessions, giving a boost to rate-sensitive defensive sectors...
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Bonds nursed losses while stocks and commodities gained on Thursday in anticipation of a big borrowing and big spending Democrat administration driving growth, following runoff elections that gave the party control of U.S. Congress. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a facial mask, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, stands in front of an electric board showing...
* Democrats move closer to Senate control * Pro-Trump protests hit Washington * Tech behemoths slide on fears of tighter regulation * Industrials, banks climb on stimulus hopes * Small-cap Russell 2000 at all-time high (Adds official closing numbers, volume) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) – The Dow and the S&P 500 ended higher, soaring to all-time highs on...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 posted record closes on Thursday, the last trading day of 2020, as a volatile year, brutally disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, came to a close. The Dow finished up 196 points, or 0.65%, to 30,606.48, while the S&P 500 was up 0.64% to 3,756.07 and the Nasdaq ticked up 0.14% to 12,888.28. Both the Dow and the S&P reached intraday...
The New York Times A Cheerleader’s Vulgar Message Prompts a First Amendment Showdown WASHINGTON — It was a Saturday in the spring of 2017, and a ninth grade student in Pennsylvania was having a bad day. She had just learned that she had failed to make the varsity cheerleading squad and would remain on junior varsity.The student expressed her frustration on social media, sending a...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 70.04 points, or 0.2%, to 30,199.87 and the Nasdaq composite rose 33.62 points, or 0.3%, to 12,804.73. Investors remain focused on Washington, where Democrats in Congress are expected to try to make alterations to the $900 billion COVID stimulus bill that President Trump has threatened to veto. Trump has asked for higher individual payments to Americans...