Category: Dow Jones industrial average

How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Friday Oct. 14, 2022

Stocks ended broadly lower on Wall Street, leaving most major indexes in the red for the week, as more concerns emerged about inflation. Markets fell after a report showed U.S. consumers raising their expectations for inflation, yet another signal that the Federal Reserve will have to continue aggressively raising interest rates. The strategy raises the…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Thursday Oct. 13, 2022

Wall Street staged its biggest comeback in years as stocks roared back from steep morning losses caused by a worse-than-expected report on inflation. The S&P 500 jumped 2.6 percent Thursday, a stunning reversal after earlier being down as much as 2.4 percent and touching its lowest level in nearly two years. The Dow and Nasdaq…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Wednesday Oct. 12, 2022

Stocks ended a wobbly day lower on Wall Street after a late-afternoon drop erased the tentative gains major indexes had been clinging to for much of the day. The S&P 500 gave back 0.3 percent Wednesday, its sixth consecutive loss. The Dow and Nasdaq ended with smaller losses. Yields on the 2-year and 10-year Treasury…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Tuesday Oct. 11, 2022

Stocks ended mostly lower after an afternoon hiccup on Wall Street as trading remains unsettled ahead of key reports on inflation and corporate earnings. The S&P 500 fell 0.7 percent after wavering down, up, then back down again. The Nasdaq fell 1.1 percent and the Dow ended just barely in the green. The S&P 500…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Monday Oct. 10, 2022

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street ahead of the beginning of the corporate earnings reporting season, which will provide insight into how high inflation and rising interest rates have been affecting U.S. companies. The S&P 500 fell 0.7 percent Monday. The Nasdaq fell 1 percent, while the Dow fell 0.3 percent U.S. bond trading was…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Friday Oct. 7 , 2022

Wall Street lost more ground on worries that a still-strong U.S jobs market may actually make a recession more likely. The S&P 500 fell 2.8 percent Friday after the government said employers hired more workers last month than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq also fell sharply, and Treasury yields rose. Markets…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Thursday Oct. 6, 2022

Stocks closed lower again on Wall Street but still managed to hold on to sizable gains for the week. The S&P 500 fell 1 percent Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost a bit more than 1 percent and the Nasdaq gave back 0.7 percent. Bond yields moved higher. Investors were reviewing the latest data…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Wednesday Oct. 5, 2022

Stocks ended slightly lower on Wall Street as a gangbuster two-day rally ran out of gas. The S&P 500 ended 0.2 percent lower Wednesday after briefly heading into the green late in the day. Its early rally this week was the biggest since the spring of 2020, spurred in part by hopes a softening economy…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Tuesday Oct. 4, 2022

Stocks rose sharply again on Wall Street and clawed back more of the ground they lost in a miserable several weeks. The S&P 500 rose 3.1 percent Tuesday. The benchmark index has been rallying since hitting its lowest point of the year on Friday to close out a September slump. Other major U.S. indexes also…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Monday (Oct. 3, 2022)

Wall Street rallied to its best day since late July as falling bond yields eased some of the pressure that’s battered markets. The S&P 500 rose 2.6 percent Monday, the latest swing for a scattershot market that’s been mostly falling this year on worries about a possible global recession. Treasury yields fell after a report…