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U.S. stock benchmarks turned higher Monday, following losses for all three major indexes last week as investors weighed brightening economic prospects against worries that interest rates will climb sooner than anticipated. Investors will be attentive to comments from a parade of speakers from the Federal Reserve, including those from Chairman …

U.S. stock benchmarks traded mostly lower Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of an eagerly anticipated Federal Reserve meeting which may provide clues to the long-term path of monetary policy. What are major benchmarks doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.08% was bouncing round the neutral line, up 16 …

As Americans hunker down and wait to get vaccinated, the toll of the coronavirus pandemic keeps rising. Its costs, both in lives and livelihood, prompted President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday to propose another $ 1.9 trillion “first step” spending package to help combat the carnage of the pandemic, even before …

U.S. stocks mostly shook off early losses to trade higher Wednesday, though technology sector stocks remained lower, after Democrats scored at least one U.S. Senate seat in run-off elections in Georgia Tuesday, bringing the possibility of regulation and higher corporate taxes. How are stock benchmarks performing? The Dow Jones Industrial …

Farewell, 2020. Hello, 2021. It is onward and potentially upward, Superman style, for the U.S. stock market next year, based on analysts’ ambitious year-end targets for the S&P 500 index. No equity market analysts that MarketWatch surveyed for this report foresee a pullback from current levels, already observed as lofty …

Kena Betancur/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images U.S. stocks were modestly lower in early action Friday, threatening to end a four-day winning streak, as investors sifted through October jobs data, continued to monitor election results, and weighed a surge in COVID-19 cases. What are major benchmarks doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, …

White House physician Sean Conley (second right, with medical staff, arrives to give an update on the condition of President Donald Trump on Sunday. Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Stock-index futures rose modestly Sunday evening as investors tracked President Donald Trump’s response treatment for COVID-19 after he was hospitalized for the …

U.S. stock indexes clambered toward record-high territory Tuesday morning, as upbeat economic reports helped to feed the buying momentum on Wall Street. The climb for stocks comes even as investors enter what is expected to be a seasonally challenging month for equities, following the best August returns in more than …

On a white board in his office earlier this year, Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro made a list of potential companies that could manufacture pharmaceuticals in the U.S. He separated them into three columns, one for each stage of the production process. Eastman Kodak Co. stood out, overlapping two of …