US stocks fell on Wednesday after weak durable goods figures and a downbeat assessment of the economy from the Fed’s Beige Book kept the benchmark S&P 500 trapped below its 200-day moving average.
A three-day rally built on strong earnings boosted the index to close Monday above its 200-day moving average, a closely watched measure of [...]

US stocks are climbing after a new batch of upbeat earnings and a modest drop in jobless claims renewed some optimism about the economy.
Southwest Airlines, Exxon Mobil and Avon Products all topped forecasts. Strong earnings worldwide is giving European markets a lift as well.
A drop in initial jobless claims also boosted hopes for a recovery. [...]

The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 eked out slim gains, while the Nasdaq dipped on Tuesday as a sharp drop in July consumer confidence curbed the enthusiasm stirred by more robust earnings.
The benchmark S&P 500 index hovered above its 200-day moving average at 1,113. A close above that level would indicate market strength.
Economic data [...]

Stocks fell slightly on Wednesday after another disappointing economic report added to investors’ doubts about the recovery.
The Commerce Department’s durable goods orders report for June indicated manufacturing growth is slowing. Orders for goods expected to last at least three years fell 1 per cent last month, well short of the 1 per cent gain that [...]

World stock markets were up Friday after Europe showed signs of growth and US stocks rallied to a two-week high, lifted by better-than-expected results from industry giants like Caterpillar and Microsoft.
Oil prices held above $79 a barrel after surging the day before as stock markets rallied and a storm threatened oil operations in the [...]

US stocks opened down on Friday as concern ahead of results of European bank stress tests offset another batch of solid US corporate earnings.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 18.39 points, or 0.18 percent, at 10,303.91. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 3.36 points, or 0.31 percent, at 1,090.31. The Nasdaq Composite Index [...]

After ugly economic data and an unexpected downturn in sentiment on quarterly earnings, Wall Street will face a tough time battling back from the latest sell-off.
Technology and banking results will once again shape investor mind-set in a week dominated by a blitz of quarterly earnings. But it will be a tough job to shift back [...]

The dollar fell and Asian stocks dipped on Friday as the US economy showed further signs of slowing, while the euro appeared poised for further gains after breaching key resistance levels.
The dollar weakened broadly after reports that growth in industrial production had slowed sharply, offsetting a bright start to the US earnings season earlier this [...]

Asia-Pacific markets edged higher on Friday helped by positive news from Europe and the United States but Tokyo ended the week on a subdued note due to nervousness about weekend elections.
Tokyo’s Nikkei index closed up 0.52 percent and the Topix index of all first-section shares up 0.02 percent.
Despite gains on Wall Street, traders were reluctant [...]

US stocks chalked up their best weekly gains in a year as investors keep a close eye on the second quarter corporate earnings season beginning Monday.
With fears of a double-dip recession receding, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 5.3 percent during the holiday-shortened week to end Friday at 10,198.03.
The tech-rich Nasdaq composite index gained [...]