Friday, May 13, 2022 Stocks End Higher Friday, but Close the Week Down. U.S. stocks finished Friday's session higher, but the Dow logged a seventh straight weekly loss. Investors remain worried about the Federal Reserve's ability to tamp down high inflation without kicking the economy into a recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 466 [...]
Friday, May 6, 2022 Stocks End Lower Friday, Finish a Volatile Week Down on Wall Street. U.S. stock indexes finished lower on Friday, capping a turbulent week on Wall Street with modest losses after the Federal Reserve moved its policy rate up by a half-percentage point and signaled similar increases were likely at the central [...]
Friday, April 29, 2022 Dow Tumbles More Than 900 Points, Nasdaq Books Worst Month Since 2008 Crash. Stocks tumbled into the closing bell Friday, with all three major equity indexes shedding more than 2.7% to end an ugly week and month on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 939 points, or 2.8%, ending [...]
Friday, April 22, 2022 Dow Closes Down 981 Points Friday, Books Worst Day Since October 2020. Stocks finish sharply lower Friday to book weekly losses, as Wall Street focused on a potentially compressed timeline for the Federal Reserve to swiftly raise interest rates in a bid to curtail inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed [...]
Thursday, April 14, 2022 Stocks Fall Thursday to End Holiday Week Lower. U.S. stock indexes finished lower Thursday, booking weekly declines in an abbreviated week of trade, with investors digesting quarterly results from major Wall Street banks and economic data, including March retail sales. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 113 points, or 0.3%, ending [...]
Friday, April 8, 2022 Dow Finishes Higher Friday, but Stocks End Choppy Week Lower. The Dow closed modestly higher Friday, but all three major stock indexes finished the week lower after the Federal Reserve's March meeting minutes outlined its tentative plans to cut the size of its $9 trillion balance sheet at a record pace. [...]
Friday, April 1, 2022 U.S. Stocks End Higher Friday, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Book Third Week of Gains. U.S. stocks finished higher Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite booking a third straight week of gains, as investors focused on a strong labor market that could smooth the way for a more aggressive path [...]
Friday, March 25, 2022 U.S. Stocks End Mostly Higher and Book Weekly Gains. U.S. stocks zigzagged Friday to end mostly higher heading into the weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced about 153 points, or 0.4%, to 34,861 Friday. The S&P 500 index gained 23 points, or 0.5%, to close at 4543, while the Nasdaq [...]
Friday, March 18, 2022 Stocks Rally on Friday to End Fed Week in the Black. U.S. stocks finished higher on Friday, with all three major indexes sweeping to big weekly gains after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate for the first time since 2018 to help tighten financial conditions and tackle high inflation. The [...]
Friday, March 11, 2022 Stocks Stumble Late Friday as Dow Books 5th Straight Weekly Skid. U.S. stocks slid into the closing bell on Friday, giving up earlier gains and leaving the Dow down for five straight weeks as America and its allies looked to ratchet up economic pressure against Moscow amid the worsening conflict in [...]
