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The S&P 500 fell 1.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 350 points, or 1%. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 2.5%. Meanwhile, the most notable move following the jobs report came from the bond market, with the yield on 10-year Treasury jumping as much as 7 basis points to near …

US stocks rose on Tuesday, as Citigroup led a surge in bank shares after Berkshire Hathaway revealed strong retail sales in April to ease some concerns about slowing US economic growth. Ten of the 11 major S&P sectors advanced, with financials and technology up 2% each.Economic DataUS retail sales increased …

Treasury yields were little changed to lower Monday morning as weak factory data in the US and an unexpectedly big drop in retail sales in China reinforced concerns about a global slowdown.Weak data from China also underscored worries about a demand slowdown, sending oil futures lower in the New York …

US equities finished the week with substantial losses, reflecting a gloomy market mood amid concerns that the Fed would hike rates aggressively and high US Treasury yields. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite nose-dived recording losses between 2.6% and 2.8%, each sitting at 4,271.78, …

Major US equity indices reversed early gains on Thursday amid hawkish comments from Fed Chair Powell. The S&P 500 dipped back to 4,400, having earlier rallied above 4,500 on initial strength related to strong Tesla earnings.Major US equity indices reversed early gains on Thursday as US yields rallied following hawkish …

US stocks fell as the selloff in Treasuries resumed, with traders bracing for the possibility of more aggressive policy tightening by the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, the US dollar is gaining momentum.Treasury yields rose across the curve, with the policy-sensitive two-year rate climbing as much as 15 basis points 2.73% as …

Stocks edged mostly higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday but were held back by streaming entertainment giant Netflix, which lost more than a third of its value after reporting its first subscriber loss in more than a decade and predicting more grim times ahead.US stock indexes posted a …

Major US equity indices showed mixed performance on Thursday, with tech stocks underperforming as US yields soured. Investors received another update on the recovery in the jobs market. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up last week, according to the Labour Department, but remained at a historically low …

The Euro aims to test the YTD low around 1.0806 after dropping below the 1.0900 mark. The US inflation broke the 8% threshold, a level last seen in 1981, which cements a 50 bps rate hike of the Fed at its May meeting.The EUR/USD pair drops to fresh monthly lows …

The end of another long week has Wall Street bracing for another rollercoaster ride as investors digest President Biden’s crucial call with Xi and await to see if any possible pathways emerge for ending the conflict in Ukraine, all while roughly $3.5 trillion of single-stock and index-level options expire.The days …