This year, Wall Street strategists expect the S&P 500 to gain about 9.6%, but that seems unlikely. Going back to 2015, the S&P 500 has gained about 9% just one, in 2016, when it rose 9.5%. Otherwise, the index had two bad years (it lost 0.7% in 2015 and 6.2% in 2018), one terrible year…
Indexes down: Dow 0.19%, S&P 500 0.15%, Nasdaq 0.12% All three indexes set for yearly gains Nike up after CEO Hill buys stock worth $1 mln Vanda Pharma jumps after US FDA approves motion sickness drug (Updates late afternoon trade, adds fund manager’s quote paragraphs 9-10) By Purvi Agarwal, Nikhil Sharma and Saeed Azhar Dec…
US stock market today: The benchmark indices in the United States (US), the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq, dropped during the early trading session on Wall Street on Wednesday, 31 December 2025, for the final trading session of the year 2025, ahead of a market holiday. At 9:30 am (EDT), the Dow Jones Industrial…
Legendary investor Warren Buffett, also known as the “Oracle of Omaha,” will step down as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway today, December 31, marking an end to his extraordinary 60 years of leadership. As Buffett steps away from this, what could be a better way than to track his investing prowess by…
US stock market today: The benchmark indices in the United States (US) opened flat on Tuesday, 30 December 2025, as investors are now focused on the US Federal Reserve’s minutes of the meeting amid precious metal gold’s rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.06% to open at 48,434.88 points. The S&P 500 fell 0.08%…
Indexes down: Dow 0.38%, S&P 500 0.35%, Nasdaq 0.55% DigitalBridge rises on SoftBank’s $4 bln acquisition deal Gold, silver miners fall as precious metal rally stalls Three main US stock indexes set for double-digit annual gains (Updates with late afternoon market data) By Purvi Agarwal, Shashwat Chauhan and Saeed Azhar Dec 29 (Reuters) – Wall…
The major stock indices on Wall Street opened lower on Monday, led by technology shares after last week’s gains. At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 74.3 points, or 0.15%, to 48,636.63. The S&P 500 fell 26.3 points, or 0.38%, to 6,903.6, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 178.4 points, or 0.76%, to…
As Wall Street moves from 2025 into 2026, the trading volume is expected to be low in the holiday shortened week ahead. Since New Year’s Day falls on a Thursday, the stock markets will be closed on January 1. There are only three full trading days left in what has been a very shaky year…
The stock indices on Wall Street were mostly flat in shortened Christmas eve trading on Wednesday. The trading volumes are expected to stay thin, with the US stock markets set to close at 1 PM ET (1800 GMT) on Wednesday and remain shut on Thursday for Christmas holiday. As of 11:15 AM Eastern, the Dow…
The more the merrier is especially true during the holiday season. That applies to stocks, too. After years of artificial intelligence leading then market’s rally, it appears that investors are finally looking beyond that area of tech and its beneficiaries for opportunities, which means an increasing number of stocks are joining the party. As a…
