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Key News Overnight: Big tech helped Wall Street inch up to a higher close on Thursday, modestly building on a two-day rally as lackluster economic data and mixed corporate earnings prompted a pivot back to growth stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 25 points, or 0.1%, to 34,823, the S&P 500 gained 9 points,Read more

Key News Overnight: Wall Street stocks posted their second straight daily gain on Wednesday, with robust corporate earnings and renewed optimism about the U.S. economic recovery fueling a risk-on rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 286 points, or 0.8%, to 34,798, the S&P 500 gained 37 points, or 0.8%, to 4,359 and the NasdaqRead more

Key News Overnight: Wall Street ended sharply higher on Tuesday, rebounding from a multi-day losing streak as a string of upbeat earnings reports and revived economic optimism fueled a risk-on rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 550 points, or 1.6%, to 34,512, the S&P 500 gained 65 points, or 1.5%, to 4,323 and theRead more

Key News Overnight: A surge in Delta variant infections sparked a broad sell-off on Wall Street on Monday as investors feared renewed COVID-19 shutdowns and a protracted economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 726 points, or 2.1%, to 33,962, the S&P 500 lost 69 points, or 1.6%, to 4,258 and the Nasdaq CompositeRead more

Key News Overnight: Wall Street ended lower on Friday, weighed down by declines in Amazon, Apple and other heavyweight technology stocks, while investors worried about a rise in coronavirus cases tied to the highly contagious Delta variant. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9% to end at 34,688 points, while the S&P 500 lost 0.8%Read more

Key News Overnight: The Nasdaq ended lower on Thursday, pulled down by Apple, Amazon and other Big Tech companies as a fall in weekly jobless claims data fed investor concerns about a recent inflation spike. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% to end at 34,987 points, while the S&P 500 lost 0.3% to 4,360.Read more

Key News Overnight: The S&P 500 ended with a gain after briefly hitting an intra-day record in a choppy session on Wednesday, as investors balanced worries about inflation with reassuring comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1% to end at 34,933 points, while the S&P 500 gained 0.1% to 4,374.Read more

Key News Overnight: The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended lower on Tuesday after hitting record highs earlier in the session, with investors digesting a jump in consumer prices in June and earnings from JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs that kicked off the quarterly reporting season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3% to end at 34,889Read more

Key News Overnight: Wall Street’s main indexes closed at their highest levels ever on Monday, lifted by Tesla and bank stocks as investors eyed the start of the second-quarter earnings season and a batch of economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4% to end at 34,996 points, while the S&P 500 gained 0.4%Read more

Key News Overnight: Wall Street lost ground on Thursday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq pulling back from record closing highs in a broad sell-off driven by uncertainties surrounding the pace of the U.S. economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 260 points, or 0.8%, to 34,422, the S&P 500 lost 37 points,Read more