Christine Idzelis

The Nasdaq Composite, a technology-heavy U.S. equities index, was trading in record territory in late afternoon trading Friday as it posted solid gains. The Nasdaq was up 0.7% at around 19,831, according to FactSet data, at last check. That’s above the index’s record closing peak of 19,735.12, reac

U.S. stocks closed mostly higher Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite notching a fresh record peak after the latest employment report showed jobs growth bounced back in November. The technology-heavy Nasdaq ended 0.8% higher, while the S&P 500 rose 0.3% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%,

Traders in the federal-funds market were pricing in a near certain probability that the Federal Reserve will cut rates next week. Fed-funds futures pointed to an almost 98% chance that the Fed will decide at its policy meeting to lower its benchmark rate by a quarter-percentage point to a range of

The U.S. stock market was declining modestly Friday afternoon, with the S&P 500’s 11 sectors trading mixed. Communication services had the biggest losses, dropping slightly more than 1% as Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc.’s sharp fall of more than 2% weighed on the sector, according to FactSet d

The S&P 500 index, a benchmark for U.S. large-cap stocks, was attempting to join the Nasdaq Composite in the green on Friday afternoon. The S&P 500 was trading about flat while the Nasdaq, a technology-heavy equities index, was up about 0.2%, according to FactSet data, at last check. The Dow Jones

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Traders in the federal-funds-futures market were pricing in a higher chance that the Federal Reserve will skip cutting interest rates next month, as investors weighed the Fed’s latest economic projections. Shortly after

The U.S. stock market’s bounce was broad on Friday, with an equal-weight version of the S&P 500 index posting a large gain in afternoon trading. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF, which tracks an index that equally weights stocks in the benchmark, was up 1.5%, according to FactSet data, at last

U.S. stocks closed sharply higher Friday, with all three major indexes bouncing as investors appeared relieved that fresh data showed inflation rose slightly less in November than forecast. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.2%, but lost steam as it neared the closing bell, according to prelim