Category: Trading

September 28, 2020

U.S. stock indexes on Monday looked poised to advance sharply to start the week as investors brace for a period in which the race for the White House and the state of the economy may come into greater clarity. How […]

September 25, 2020

Stock futures lost ground Friday, with major benchmarks in danger of logging a fourth consecutive weekly loss as worries grow over the economic outlook in the absence of renewed aid from Washington, jitters over the November presidential election and rising […]

September 25, 2020

Traders should temper their fears that a delayed U.S. election result could upend markets, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. While a delayed outcome is a “tail risk,” a combination of early results, voter turnout, county-level data and the high […]

September 24, 2020

U.S. stocks are swinging between losses and gains in Thursday morning trading, as volatility continues to be the dominant force in Wall Street’s tumultuous September. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher, as of 10:25 a.m. Eastern time, after earlier yo-yoing […]

September 23, 2020

Dow and S&P 500 mostly traded higher on Wednesday, with bulls looking to build on a bounce a day after the broad-market index snapped a four-day losing streak. What are major benchmarks doing? Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

September 21, 2020

Stock-index futures pointed to a sharply lower start for Wall Street on Monday, joining in a global selloff tied to a jump in COVID-19 cases in Europe, a news report alleging major global banks continued doing business with customers suspected […]

September 18, 2020

TOKYO — Global shares were mixed on Friday as investors weighed the uncertainties around global economic outlook and a new rise in coronavirus cases in many countries. Wall Street appeared set for a subdued start to trading, with Dow futures […]

September 17, 2020

Huawei sanctions. The Hong Kong Autonomy Act. The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. A demand that TikTok’s U.S. operations be sold and the threat to ban WeChat. These are all regulations the U.S. has imposed on China this year. Despite […]

September 16, 2020

On Tuesday, the World Trade Organization ruled that tariffs the Trump Administration imposed on Chinese imports in 2018 are a violation of international trade rules—handing China a symbolic victory in the prolonged trade war. But the ruling is unlikely to […]

September 15, 2020

U.S. stock-index futures rose Tuesday, putting major benchmarks on track for another session of gains as the Federal Reserve begins a two-day policy meeting and as investors await a product debut for Apple Inc., as well as a fresh round […]