Market Report - Us Close
US close: Stocks finish higher amid job market concerns
Stocks on Wall Street finished slightly higher on Thursday, after weekly jobless claims figures that some economists said showed that the jobs market was set to stall in October.
US close: Wall Street closes lower amid Covid consternation
Wall Street trading closed weaker on Wednesday. amid heightened restrictions to stem Covid-19 cases in Europe and an ongoing stalemate in negotiations for a second stimulus bill.
US close: Stocks end session higher following Powell testimony
Wall Street closed higher on Tuesday after testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell earlier in the day.
US close: Stocks register first four-day losing streak in seven months
Wall Street stocks closed lower on Monday as Chinese trade relations, a potential second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and stimulus negotiations were all in focus.
US close: Markets finish weaker on Fed direction, Covid vaccine
Wall Street stocks closed lower on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve vowed to keep interest rates at their current level until 2023, as market participants mulled over some conflicting statements around the roll-out of a potential coronavirus vaccine.
US close: Markets finish mixed as FOMC keeps rates near zero
Wall Street stocks closed mixed on Wednesday, as the Federal Open Market Committee signalled that interest rates would stay where they are near zero through until 2023.
US close: Stocks eke out gains ahead of FOMC meeting
Wall Street stocks closed mostly higher on Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting and following Apple's first virtual-only product reveal.
US close: Vaccine optimism and corporate dealmaking boost sentiment
Wall Street stocks closed higher on Monday as a raft of corporate deals and optimism around a Covid-19 vaccine led a broad market rally.
US close: Stocks close lower as tech sell-off resumes
Wall Street stocks closed lower on Thursday as tech stocks resumed their downward descent.
US close: Stocks halt sell-off with solid rally
Wall Street stocks closed sharply higher on Wednesday, putting a halt to a sell-off started late last week that ended with the Nasdaq entering correction territory.
US close: Wall Street stocks extend tech-fuelled declines
Wall Street stocks were sharply lower after the bell on Tuesday as tech stocks continued on with their worst performance since March.
US close: Stocks tumble following heavy tech selloff
Wall Street indices tumbled on Thursday as tech stocks snapped a ten-day winning streak.
US close: Stocks firmer despite disappointing payrolls data
Wall Street stocks closed higher on Wednesday, despite the release of some much weaker-than-expected payroll data.
US close: Equities recover from Monday's losses
Wall Street closed on a positive note on Tuesday, clawing back some of Monday’s losses after its best August in more than 30 years, as the tech-heavy Nasdaq got off to a strong start on the back of another rally in the sector.
US close: Dow extends winning streak following Powell's speech
Wall Street turned in a mostly positive performance on Thursday as market participants digested comments made by Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell regarding the central bank's plans for the future of monetary policy in the US and several data releases.
US close: Major indices end session higher following rally in tech stocks
Wall Street stocks closed higher on Wednesday as investors looked ahead to this week's Federal Reserve symposium in Jackson Hole.
US close: Mixed session following weak consumer sentiment data
Wall Street stocks turned in a mixed performance on Tuesday as signs of potential progress in trade talks between the US and China where offset by some weaker-than-expected consumer confidence data.
US close: Stocks finish higher on fresh Covid hopes
Wall Street stocks finished on the green on Monday, after the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorisation for convalescent plasma on Covid-19 patients.
US close: Major indices end session higher as tech stocks shine
Wall Street stocks closed higher on Thursday as some major tech gains offset minutes from the Fed's latest meeting and an increase in initial unemployment claims that initially weighed on sentiment.
US close: Stocks close lower following FOMC minutes
Wall Street stocks closed lower on Wednesday as minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting weighed on sentiment.