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Dow Rises 100+ on Retail Sales Report

S&P 500, Nasdaq also rise

(Newser) - Markets are up, at least for now: The Dow was up more than 100 points at open, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq following suit, up about 11 and 13 points, respectively, MarketWatch reports. An upbeat report on retail sales no doubt prodded stocks upward: July sales rose a...

Dow Surges Back Again: Up 423

S&P 500 and Nasdaq join the rebound

(Newser) - Dizzy yet? The stock market rebounded strongly yet again, with analysts giving credit to decent jobs data, better-than expected results from tech bellwether Cisco, and decreased worries about Europe. The numbers:
  • Dow: Up 423 (3.9%) to 11,143
  • S&P 500: Up 52 points (4.6%) to 1,173
...

Stocks Bounce Back, Dow Up 100+ Points
 Stocks Bounce Back, 
 Dow Up 250+ Points 
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Aug 11, 2011 10:54 AM CDT

Stocks Bounce Back, Dow Up 250+ Points

Pre-market trading was ... all over the place

(Newser) - What goes way, way down must come up? Stocks continued their climb throughout the morning, with the Dow gaining as much as 309 points on the news that jobless claims, which were expected to rise, decreased by 7,000 to 395,000, reports MarketWatch . The Dow is currently up 251...

Dow Plunges 520
 Dow Plunges 520 
Aug 10, 2011 3:06 PM CDT

Dow Plunges 520

Nasdaq and S&P 500 plummet, too

(Newser) - Yesterday's big market gains vanished and then some today as investors worried about Europe's debt problems and the weak US recovery, reports MarketWatch .
  • Dow: Down 520 points, or 4.6%, to 10,719
  • S&P 500: Down 52 points, or 4.4%, to 1,121
  • Nasdaq: Down 101
...

Dow Bounces Back, Soars 430

Nasdaq, S&P also post huge gains

(Newser) - Another crazy day for the markets, but this time they ended way up in positive territory. The Dow rose 430 points to close at 11,239, up nearly 4%. The Nasdaq rose 125 to 2,483 (5.29%) and the S&P 500 jumped 53 to 1,173 (4.74%)....

Stock Futures See-Saw After Crushing Fall
 Dow Licks Wounds, 
 Rises Above 11K 
updated
Aug 9, 2011 9:43 AM CDT

Dow Licks Wounds, Rises Above 11K

Stocks rebound at the bell, open up 100+ points

(Newser) - After yesterday's beating, the Dow opened with cautious optimism, up about 137 points to 10,947—and it has inched above the 11,000 mark since then. As of 10:40am EST, it was up 215 points to 11,025. The Nasdaq opened up 41, and the S&P...

Battered Dow Ends Down 635
 Battered 
 Dow Ends 
 Down 635 
UPDATED
Aug 8, 2011 3:14 PM CDT

Battered Dow Ends Down 635

US' downgraded credit rocks Wall Street in punishing session

(Newser) - The Dow Jones plummeted under 11,000 today, dropping 635 points as the United States' downgraded credit rating punished the markets. The drubbing took the Dow down 5.55% to 10,810, reports MarketWatch . The Nasdaq and S&P 500 bled more, shedding 6.90% and 6.66% respectively.

Stocks Plummet on Downgrade
 Dow Dives Below 
 11K on Downgrade 
Updated
Aug 8, 2011 1:28 PM CDT

Dow Dives Below 11K on Downgrade

Dow loses 135 points at open, now down more than 500

(Newser) - Investors reacted to the S&P's US credit rating downgrade and Europe's debt woes today exactly the way you'd expect: They panicked. Stocks started low, and have sunk ever deeper throughout the day. As of 2:26pm EST, the Dow was down a whopping 600 points, taking...

Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s Made the Right Decision
Standard & Poor's
Made the Right Decision
OPINION
Aug 6, 2011 4:20 PM CDT

Standard & Poor's Made the Right Decision

S&P may be flawed, but that doesn't make it wrong on this one: Klein, Gandel

(Newser) - Standard & Poor's is taking a lot of criticism today of the how-can-these-geniuses-lecture-us variety. Kind of like this . All of it is warranted, writes Ezra Klein at the Washington Post . After all, the folks at S&P "didn’t just miss the bubble," he writes. "They...

Clueless S&amp;P Has No Right to Pass Judgment
Clueless S&P Has No Right
to Pass Judgment
Paul Krugman
Aug 6, 2011 9:20 AM CDT

Clueless S&P Has No Right to Pass Judgment

Krugman: Mortgage mess shows ratings agencies aren't qualified

(Newser) - Paul Krugman blames the "extremism of anti-tax Republicans" for pushing the nation into this credit rating mess , but he finds it a little hard to see Standard & Poor's as the wise elders in the room. "It’s hard to think of anyone less qualified to pass...

Dow Rises 61 After Seesaw Day

S&P 500 and Nasdaq decline

(Newser) - This would fall under the category of "volatile" trading day: The Dow rose 61 points to close at 11,445 after a series of wild fluctuations. This morning's better-than-expected jobs report led to an early surge—the Dow rose 170 points shortly after the opening bell, but the...

Dow Plunges 280+ Points
 Dow Plummets 513 
Aug 4, 2011 3:08 PM CDT

Dow Plummets 513

All major indexes are in negative territory for the year

(Newser) - The only good thing to say about today's stock market is that it's finally over. The Dow fell a staggering 513 points, or 4.3%, to close at 11,384. It's the worst point drop since December 2008 and the worst percentage drop since February 2009, reports...

Stocks Keep Plunging
 Stocks Keep Plunging 
MARKETS
Aug 3, 2011 10:18 AM CDT

Stocks Keep Plunging

Dow down 100 at midday

(Newser) - Stocks kept on sliding this morning, after a better-than-expected labor report failed to reassure investors. Private employers added 114,000 jobs in July according to ADP, yet as of 11:18, the Dow was down 102 points, according to MarketWatch, with the S&P down 7.46 points and the...

Dow Plummets 266, Back Under 12K

Debt deal provides no bounce

(Newser) - Just imagine if they hadn't gotten a deal at the last minute: The stock market had a brutal day, despite today's final passage of the bill to avert a default, reports MarketWatch . The Dow fell 266 to 11,867 (2.2%); Nasdaq fell 75 to 2,669 (2....

Dow Rises 202: Best Day of 2011

Earnings reports and Obama's praise of debt plan raise hopes

(Newser) - Strong profits and a bipartisan plan to lift the US debt limit drove a stock market rebound today. Stock indexes rose after Coca-Cola, IBM, and other companies reported rising second-quarter earnings. The three major indexes added to their gains after President Obama praised a proposal by six senators that would...

Dow Tumbles 172, Closes Below 12K

It's the worst weekly losing stretch since 2002

(Newser) - The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 12,000 today, the first time it has dropped below that mark since March. Fears that the global economic recovery has stalled also weighed on other indexes. The market registered its sixth straight weekly loss, the longest weekly losing streak since the fall...

Dow Plunges 280, Erases Quarter of Year's Gains

Two bleak reports raise fears about recovery

(Newser) - Fears that the US economy is stalling sent the Dow Jones industrial average down 280 points, erasing more than a quarter of the stock market's gains for the year. A pair of reports raised new doubts about the economy's strength: A key manufacturing index fell from its April...

CEO Salaries Climb Above Pre-Recession Levels

Average S&P company doling out $9M

(Newser) - Did you know there was some kind of recession recently? You wouldn't, if you looked at CEO paychecks. CEOs were paid more last year than they were in 2007, when unemployment was at half what it is now and the stock market was at record highs, the AP reports....

Stocks Up, Oil Down on bin Laden News

Dow up 50

(Newser) - News of Osama bin Laden’s death cheered markets today, with the Dow gaining 50 points, and the S&P and Nasdaq rising 4 points and 8.5 points, respectively, Politico reports. Oil futures meanwhile, fell 2%, and the dollar rose. The gains followed similar increases in Japan and South...

S&P Drops US Credit Outlook to 'Negative'

They say there's 'material risk' that politicians won't fix fiscal problemsr

(Newser) - Standard & Poor’s reaffirmed America’s AAA credit rating today, but dropped its outlook to “negative,” saying there was “material risk” that US policy makers wouldn’t figure out how to handle the nation’s fiscal woes by 2013. “If an agreement is not reached...

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