Stocks went up on Friday with the S&P closing the session at a 2-year High as the investors welcomed the economic news that was upbeat alongside the dividend hike by General Electric. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3% or … Continue reading →

The US stocks closed the session mixed on Thursday as the stronger greenback dragged on the companies dealing on commodities while the financials and shares in the techs maintained ground. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 2 point or less … Continue reading →

Wednesday saw the stocks ending higher as the shares of banks let go of the weakness in commodities as well as the concerns caused by the rising interest rates in the Treasury Market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up … Continue reading →

Tuesday saw the stocks ending up mixed after giving up earlier gains as the investors’ optimism over the extended Bush-era Tax cuts was marred by speculation over the widening Federal probe into insider trading.   The enthusiasm was also tempered by … Continue reading →

The Precious metals such as gold and silver took the day on Monday after the investors indicated that they were willing to get into the stock market fray on the day where there were no major economic reports. The trading … Continue reading →

The fact that the economic recovery is still weak was proved on Friday’s economic report that only 39,000 jobs were added in November. The investors in the stock market are focused on the Washington policies not the economic reports.  The … Continue reading →

The US markets continued the rally on Thursday with a 1% increase, as the investors were excited over the strong retail results and welcomed the plan by the European Central Bank to extend the liquidity measures. The Dow Jones Industrial … Continue reading →

US stocks rallied over 2% on Wednesday as the indications of economic strength in China and the United States tampered the worries over the debt crisis in Europe. The Dow Jones Industrial average soared 2.3% or 249 points to close … Continue reading →

After starting the month of November with a bang, the US stocks have ended it with a whimper, with all three major indexes closing the day and month lower on Tuesday. The losses were muffled by the report on consumer … Continue reading →

After a big tumble early Monday morning, the stocks bounced back to end session low although much closer to breakeven. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 40 points or 0.4% to close the session at 11,052 according to earlier tallies. … Continue reading →