Currencies: China’s yuan slumps to 4 ½-month low as trade war escalates
The Chinese yuan on Monday tumbled to its lowest level since Christmas Day 2018 as the fallout from the trade spat betwe...
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Currencies: China’s yuan slumps to 4-1/2-month low as trade war escalates
The Chinese yuan on Monday tumbled to its lowest level since Christmas Day 2018 as the fallout from the trade spat betwe...
Market Extra: The stock market is on pace for its worst month since December rout—as volatility returns with a vengeance
A somnambulant period of drifting toward record territory for equity indexes appears to be over, with stocks already pos...
The Ratings Game: PagerDuty analysts shower stock with love even after doubling in a month
PagerDuty Inc. shares finish higher Monday as analysts start coverage of the DevOps company’s stock less than a month af...
Metals Stocks: Gold prices retreat to nearly 4-month low as dollar perks up
Gold prices on Tuesday head lower as one popular measure of the U.S. dollar teeters near a two-year high, producing some...
Futures Movers: Oil prices slip but cling to nearly 5-month highs as supply clarity awaited
Oil futures prices were confined to a tight range early Thursday though remained near the roughly five-month highs struc...
NewsWatch: Wall Street’s ‘fear index’ tumbles to 6-month low as stock market nears records
The Cboe Volatility Index touches its lowest level in six months on Friday as U.S. stock indexes surge, finishing near r...
Market Extra: Wall Street’s ‘fear index’ tumbles to 6-month low as stock market nears records
The Cboe Volatility Index touches its lowest level in six months on Friday as U.S. stock indexes surge, finishing near r...
Futures Movers: Oil taps fresh 5-month highs amid Chinese buying, Libyan conflict
Brent crude, the international benchmark, hit fresh five-month highs in Monday action, and U.S.-traded oil was tagging a...
Market Extra: A 6-month drought for the Dow Jones Industrial Average nears an end — but key hurdles remain
Is it time to break out the Dow 27,000 hats that were summarily shelved back in October?
Economic Report: New-home sales rise in February to 11-month high, but earlier figures are revised lower
Sales of newly-constructed homes were much higher in February, but earlier months’ data were marked down, leaving the ho...
The Wall Street Journal: Dish and Univision reach deal, ending 9-month blackout
Dish Network Corp. and Univision Communications Inc. agreed to end a more than nine-month standoff that left the satelli...
Apple set to unveil streaming service, will reportedly offer HBO, Showtime for $9.99 a month
Apple Inc. will shift its business further toward the services side Monday, according to a new report a day before the u...
Economic Report: Mortgage rates slide to 13-month low, luring Americans back into the housing market
Rates for home loans fell, pushing mortgage applications higher, in a reminder that economic growth is just tepid enough...
Economic Report: Existing-home sales roar back in February, touching an 11-month high
Sales of previously-owned homes surged back, leaving forecasts in the dust, reaffirming strong demand for housing amid f...
Comcast has a new streaming box for cord cutters that you can get for $5 per month
A new Comcast device will allow its broadband-only customers to watch streaming video without an outside connected devic...
Market Snapshot: S&P 500, Nasdaq close at 5-month high on China trade, global growth optimism
U.S. stocks close higher Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq finishing at five-month highs, as market sentiment was...
Futures Movers: Oil finishes with a loss, but U.S. prices mark sharpest weekly rise in a month
Crude-oil futures finish lower on Friday, with U.S. prices pulling back after four days of consecutive gains that prompt...
Market Snapshot: S&P 500 ends at 4-month high as stocks rise after strong economic data
U.S. stocks close higher Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rising for a third straight day, as investors parsed...
Economic Report: Durable-goods orders rise in January for third straight month as investment rebounds
Orders for long-lasting durable goods rose in January for the third month in a row and business investment posted the bi...