U.S. stocks end lower: S&P 500 -1.0%, Nasdaq -1.4%, 10-year yield 4.55%
U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday: the S&P 500 -1.0%, the Dow -0.8%, the Nasdaq -1.4%, the Russell 2000 -0.4%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.55%.
2026-07-17 · 3 MIN READTAG · Economy
U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday: the S&P 500 -1.0%, the Dow -0.8%, the Nasdaq -1.4%, the Russell 2000 -0.4%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.55%.
2026-07-17 · 3 MIN READTrump Media & Technology, the parent company of Truth Social, plans to sell Wall Street traders the ability to see posts from the platform's highest-ranking accounts — including possibly President Donald Trump's — milliseconds before the…
2026-07-17 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday: the S&P 500 -0.5%, the Dow -0.2%, the Nasdaq -1.5%, the Russell 2000 -0.1%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.57%.
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday: the S&P 500 +0.4%, the Dow +0.3%, the Nasdaq +0.6%, the Russell 2000 +0.4%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.55%.
2026-07-15 · 3 MIN READFive of the biggest U.S. banks reported record profits on Tuesday, driven by a surge in trading activity amid market volatility from the ongoing Iran war and by a resilient American consumer, according to an Associated Press report.
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday: the S&P 500 +0.4%, the Dow +0.0%, the Nasdaq +0.9%, the Russell 2000 +0.4%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.58%.
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended lower on Monday: the S&P 500 -0.8%, the Dow -0.3%, the Nasdaq -1.6%, the Russell 2000 -0.8%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.62%.
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READAkzoNobel has rejected a €7.5 billion ($8.6 billion) offer from Nippon Paint Holdings for its decorative paints business, saying the proposal significantly undervalues the unit and that it is restricted from engaging due to its existing…
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READOxford Nanopore Technologies shares fell more than 11% Monday after the biotech company reported that first-half revenue fell short of its own expectations, citing weaker sales in China, disruption in the Middle East, and timing of…
2026-07-13 · 4 MIN READChina's securities regulator has approved fast-fashion retailer Shein's plan to issue 341.6 million H shares in a Hong Kong initial public offering that could value the company at over $40 billion, according to a statement from the China…
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READThe Texas Stock Exchange began trading small stock symbols Friday, opening a new U.S. stock exchange amid a long-standing New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq duopoly. TXSE, pronounced "tex-ee," started real trading at 9:30 a.m. after…
2026-07-11 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday: the S&P 500 +0.4%, the Dow +0.3%, the Nasdaq +0.3%, the Russell 2000 -0.5%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.54%.
2026-07-10 · 3 MIN READOil prices edged lower in early European and Asian trading Friday but remained on track for a weekly gain of around 5%, as renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran curtailed traffic through the Strait of Hormuz while the Trump…
2026-07-10 · 3 MIN READOil futures held steady Friday as the Trump administration said it is still holding technical talks with Iran despite an exchange of strikes, while Delta Air Lines reported a record $4.1 billion quarterly fuel expense that drove a 25%…
2026-07-10 · 3 MIN READ
South Korea's stock market triggered a buy-side sidecar for the third time this week on Friday after the KOSPI climbed as much as 5.7% intraday, before closing 2.52% higher at 7,475.94, as semiconductor shares rallied on Wall Street gains…
2026-07-10 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday: the S&P 500 +0.8%, the Dow +0.3%, the Nasdaq +1.3%, the Russell 2000 +1.2%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.54%.
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READA federal judge on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million settlement between Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission over his delayed disclosure of a Twitter stock purchase, but she wrote that the agency's decision-making in the…
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READSeven & i Holdings raised its annual guidance after a surge in gasoline prices boosted earnings at its North American convenience-store business, sending first-quarter net profit up 24% to 60.60 billion yen ($372.7 million), the company…
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READU.S. stock markets fell on Wednesday after President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran was over, sending oil prices higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.09%, or 500 points, while the S&P 500 closed with a small…
2026-07-08 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday: the S&P 500 -0.3%, the Dow -1.1%, the Nasdaq +0.2%, the Russell 2000 -0.9%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.56%.
2026-07-08 · 3 MIN READU.S. commercial crude oil inventories rose by three million barrels in the week ended July 3, the first increase in 11 weeks, as production and imports climbed while exports dropped, according to data released Wednesday by the Energy…
2026-07-08 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday: the S&P 500 -0.5%, the Dow -0.2%, the Nasdaq -1.2%, the Russell 2000 -0.9%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.55%.
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READGetty Images on Tuesday scrapped its $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock after Britain's antitrust regulator required the sale of Shutterstock's editorial business, a condition the company's board unanimously rejected last week.
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READEasyJet's board reached an agreement in principle July 5 to sell the budget carrier to U.S. investment firm Castlelake for £6.90 a share, but the deal drew criticism from analysts who said the board accepted the bid without mounting a full…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READSouth Korea's benchmark KOSPI plunged nearly 5 percent Tuesday as technology stocks extended losses after Samsung Electronics released its preliminary second-quarter earnings estimate, beating market forecasts but triggering profit-taking.…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READA roundup of analyst notes Tuesday highlighted Huawei's first 5G smartphone launch abroad since U.S. sanctions, Tencent's latest AI model release, and Microsoft's plans to cut more than 3,000 jobs in its Xbox division as investors assessed…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READeasyJet's board indicated support for U.S. investment group Castlelake's £6.90-a-share takeover proposal that would take the airline private in a deal valued at about $7 billion, according to Dow Jones Newswires reports on Tuesday.
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READOil futures hovered near pre-conflict levels Monday as market participants remained optimistic about continued flows through the Strait of Hormuz amid U.S.-Iran peace negotiations, while Baader Helvea lowered its earnings estimates for…
2026-07-06 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended higher on Monday: the S&P 500 +0.7%, the Dow +0.3%, the Nasdaq +1.1%, the Russell 2000 +0.4%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.48%.
2026-07-06 · 3 MIN READGenesis Minerals has made a US$3.9 billion rival bid for Australian gold miner Vault Minerals, topping an agreed merger with Regis Resources. Vault's directors unanimously found the Genesis offer superior, triggering a five-day window for…
2026-07-06 · 3 MIN READEasyJet reached an agreement in principle Sunday with U.S. investment firm Castlelake on a sweetened £6.90-per-share takeover bid that values the British budget carrier at approximately £5.2bn, ending a weekslong pursuit by the American…
2026-07-05 · 3 MIN READModern electric-vehicle batteries are proving exceptionally reliable, with data showing that after five years on the road the average EV retains about 95% of its original range, according to Recurrent, a battery-monitoring data company.…
2026-07-05 · 4 MIN READAnalysts describe the global electric vehicle industry as entering a golden age powered by cheap Chinese cars that can be bought for as little as $10,000, but the United States risks falling behind as rising auto costs, consumer…
2026-07-04 · 5 MIN READNestle is focusing on increasing sales volumes rather than raising prices as U.S. consumers polarize between bulk purchases and budget-sized portions, executives said, with the company's marketing chief describing the pattern as global.
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READNew car buyers are taking out longer loans and paying record monthly amounts, an analysis from Edmunds found, as a separate report showed base metal prices declining on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The broader U-6 unemployment…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday: the S&P 500 -0.1%, the Dow +1.1%, the Nasdaq -0.9%, the Russell 2000 -0.5%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.49%.
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READSales of hybrid vehicles from Hyundai Motor and Kia surged 65.5% to a record 225,321 vehicles in the first half of 2026, powering the South Korean automakers to a combined 920,383 vehicles sold in the United States from January through…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READSpaceX's Starlink unit plans to target mobile phone subscribers in the U.S., aiming to challenge AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, according to people familiar with the matter. The company has discussed building a ground network to support the…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READSouth Korea's benchmark stock index plunged nearly 8% on Thursday, driven by a sell-off in semiconductor shares amid renewed concerns about excess AI computing capacity. The KOSPI fell 655.32 points, or 7.89%, to close at 7,648.09 after…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday: the S&P 500 -0.2%, the Dow -0.0%, the Nasdaq -0.7%, the Russell 2000 -0.4%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.48%.
2026-07-01 · 3 MIN READU.S. commercial crude oil inventories fell for a 10th consecutive week in the period ended June 26, dropping by 3.8 million barrels to 408.4 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration said Wednesday. The decline exceeded…
2026-07-01 · 3 MIN READThe Kroger Co. has agreed to acquire Giant Eagle, a privately held food and pharmacy retailer, for $1.65 billion in cash and assumed liabilities, the company said July 1.
2026-07-01 · 3 MIN READFrench drugmaker Ipsen proposed to acquire Memo Therapeutics in a deal that could exceed 700 million euros, adding an experimental kidney transplant drug to its rare-disease portfolio, RBC Capital Markets analysts said Wednesday.
2026-07-01 · 3 MIN READThe Japanese yen weakened to 162.41 per dollar on Tuesday, its lowest level since December 1986, as a persistent interest-rate gap with the United States and geopolitical uncertainty drove the currency to a nearly 40-year low. The decline…
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READThe net profit margin for S&P 500 companies climbed to a record 14.8% in the first quarter of 2026, the highest since FactSet began tracking the metric in 2009, giving investors a key rationale for elevated stock valuations.
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday: the S&P 500 +0.8%, the Dow +0.3%, the Nasdaq +1.5%, the Russell 2000 +0.5%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.44%.
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READBefore Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg directed employees to build a standalone prediction market app, he proposed buying Kalshi, the leading company in the prediction market sector, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions who…
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READComcast shares rose more than 7% on Monday after the company announced plans to split off NBCUniversal into a separate publicly traded company, unwinding a 15-year corporate combination. The S&P Media & Entertainment Group rose nearly 4%…
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READThree of the nation's largest egg producers have agreed to settle antitrust claims brought by the Department of Justice and 17 state attorneys general, who alleged the companies coordinated bids to inflate a wholesale egg benchmark price…
2026-06-30 · 4 MIN READSouth Korea's benchmark stock index closed nearly 1 percent higher Tuesday, lifted by technology shares as investors anticipated the resumption of U.S.-Iran negotiations in Qatar aimed at easing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. The Korea…
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended mixed on Monday: the S&P 500 +1.2%, the Dow +0.6%, the Nasdaq +2.1%, the Russell 2000 +0.0%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.38%.
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READUS export controls on advanced artificial intelligence chips stalled sales of Nvidia's H200 chips in China, enabling domestic rival Huawei to gain ground in the market, the Associated Press reported.
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READCVC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Irca, an Italian manufacturer of ingredients for the pastry, bakery, chocolate and ice cream industries, from private-equity firm Advent International, the companies said Monday. Under Advent's…
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READSouth Korea's Kospi index surged 125% in the first half of 2026, its strongest opening six-month period since at least 1990, according to a Guardian analysis of London Stock Exchange Group data. The rise was led by Samsung Electronics,…
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READWarnings that the artificial-intelligence sector has entered speculative bubble territory have mounted over the second quarter of 2026, with analysts, investors, and technology observers drawing comparisons to the dot-com era as U.S. stock…
2026-06-27 · 3 MIN READMedian pay for chief executives of S&P 500 companies reached a new high in 2025, while nearly a dozen CEOs earned more than $200 million, according to The Wall Street Journal's annual CEO pay ranking. The analysis, based on data from…
2026-06-27 · 4 MIN READU.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday: the S&P 500 -0.3%, the Dow -0.1%, the Nasdaq -0.2%, the Russell 2000 +0.1%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.38%.
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READU.S. rail freight traffic to Canada recovered sharply in April, rising 14.7% year-over-year to 3.8 million tons, Statistics Canada data showed, as the sector rebounds from a trade-war slump. Separately, Zeekr's overseas rollout gained…
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READON Semiconductor agreed Thursday to acquire Synaptics in an all-stock deal valued at roughly $7 billion, betting on physical AI systems for autonomous vehicles and industrial robots, even as the company’s shares fell and analysts…
2026-06-26 · 4 MIN READVerizon Communications won 82 spectrum licenses for $3.16 billion in the Federal Communications Commission's first spectrum auction in four years, which generated over $3.5 billion in total proceeds, the agency said Friday.
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READNissan's Americas division chief Christian Meunier said the automaker is seeing a sales turnaround and plans to revive its brand with bolder, edgier products built increasingly in the U.S. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal,…
2026-06-26 · 4 MIN READAn FDA advisory committee will meet July 23-24 to consider whether to ease restrictions on seven unapproved peptide injections, a regulatory shift that could effectively legalize a thriving gray market despite limited evidence of safety…
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READWise Group shares jumped 8% in European trading Friday, leading the Stoxx 600 index, after the payment processor reported a fiscal 2026 pretax profit that beat analyst expectations and announced a new $500 million share buyback program.
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday: the S&P 500 -0.0%, the Dow +0.1%, the Nasdaq -0.5%, the Russell 2000 +0.7%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.40%.
2026-06-25 · 3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday: the S&P 500 -0.2%, the Dow +0.4%, the Nasdaq -0.4%, the Russell 2000 +0.3%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.41%.
2026-06-24 · 3 MIN READExxon Mobil expects to complete its redomiciliation from New Jersey to Texas on July 1, the oil company said Tuesday. Separately, German energy company RWE closed a €3.6 billion deal to increase its stake in transmission grid operator…
2026-06-23 · 3 MIN READSemiconductor stocks with secular growth prospects appear undervalued relative to peers even as the broader chip sector's valuations have become stretched, Morningstar analyst Phelix Lee said in a note published June 23. The brokerage…
2026-06-23 · 3 MIN READHome prices are falling in Denver and other areas around the nation, a development that economists say can signal either a healthy market or the onset of broader economic distress, depending on the underlying cause. Supply-driven price…
2026-06-23 · 3 MIN READMore U.S. CEOs crossed the $100 million pay threshold last year than in any year since 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal's annual CEO pay ranking. Elon Musk's $158 billion pay package from Tesla set a new record, and nearly a…
2026-06-23 · 4 MIN READAlimentation Couche-Tard reported a fourth-quarter profit of $863.4 million, up 96% from a year earlier, as same-store sales growth and higher fuel margins offset lower fuel volumes in the U.S. and Europe.
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READDomino's Pizza on Monday named operations chief Joe Jordan as its next chief executive, tapping a company veteran to lead the world's largest pizza chain through a period of sluggish industry growth.
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READAnalysts at Bernstein, Baader Helvea, and Macquarie issued fresh assessments on European and Australian energy companies Monday, citing power demand growth, higher commodity prices, and a recalibrated risk profile for Karoon Energy after a…
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READTA Securities on Monday downgraded Malaysia's automotive sector rating to underweight from neutral, citing softer consumer sentiment, moderating order backlogs, and intensifying competition from Chinese car brands.
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READConventional DRAM prices have surged 4.5 times since the third quarter of 2025, according to Bernstein analysts, now rivaling high-bandwidth memory in per-bit pricing and generating higher revenue per wafer. Separately, Morgan Stanley…
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READStrategy chairman Michael Saylor has sold more than $10 billion in a novel type of preferred stock to fund the company's bitcoin purchases — a financing method that carries mounting risks as the company's market value has fallen by roughly…
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READCastlelake said easyJet's board rejected its third takeover bid, valued at £4.74 billion ($6.27 billion), but the U.S. investment firm urged shareholders to consider the offer as it seeks to take the budget airline private amid industry…
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READYum! Brands has agreed to sell the Pizza Hut chain for a total of $2.7 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal report published June 20. The deal splits the brand: private-equity firm LongRange Capital will acquire the U.S. and…
2026-06-20 · 3 MIN READApple Inc. commands more than three-quarters of the global market for smartphones priced at $1,000 or more, giving it near-exclusive pricing power over the industry's wealthiest buyers as rising component costs push handset prices higher.
2026-06-20 · 3 MIN READGold prices fell in early Asian trading Friday as a more hawkish signal from the Federal Reserve outweighed relief from the U.S.-Iran interim peace deal, according to ANZ Research analysts. Spot gold dropped 0.8% to $4,184.93 a troy ounce.
2026-06-19 · 3 MIN READ