Thu March 17, 2016/Reuters By Laila Kearney Wall St moved higher on Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average into positive territory for the year, as commodity prices rose on the back of a weaker U.S. dollar to boost shares in the energy and materials sectors. The Dow’s move into […]
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Wall St. slips as energy stocks drag; Fed meet awaited
Mon Mar 14, 2016/Reuters By Abhiram Nandakumar Wall Street was slightly lower on Monday as a fall in oil prices weighed on energy stocks and investors paused ahead of the release of a slew of economic data and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting. Crude prices, which have dictated […]
Wall Street slips as investors await monthly jobs data
Thu Mar 3, 2016/Reuters By Tanya Agrawal U.S. stocks were slightly lower in late morning trading on Thursday as investors parsed a barrage of economic data and awaited the monthly jobs report. Earlier in the day, data showed weekly jobless claims rose unexpectedly, but the underlying trend continued to point […]
