Tag: stocks

March 31, 2020

Stock-index futures flipped between small gains and losses Tuesday, after initially finding support following a rebound in Chinese manufacturing activity, as the country comes out of a lockdown due the coronavirus epidemic. What are the major indexes doing? Futures on […]

March 30, 2020

Sheltering in place, shutting down large parts of the economy and skyrocketing job losses due to coronavirus are bad for America’s health, the economy and for corporate profits. So be prepared for unsettling news when companies start reporting how much […]

March 30, 2020

Strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. have concluded that most risk assets — a universe that typically includes stocks and credit — have seen their low points for the recession that’s gripped economies around the world. Conditions that JPMorgan had […]

March 18, 2020

Boeing Co.’s rout deepened as investors reacted with alarm to news that the planemaker is seeking at least $60 billion in U.S. government aid for itself and suppliers in a race to shore up cash to weather the coronavirus pandemic. […]

March 17, 2020

U.S. stocks opened higher Tuesday after the Trump administration said it planned financial support for an airline industry devastated by a drop in travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The gains following the market’s worst sell-off in more than three […]

March 16, 2020

Investors and traders around the world were anxiously waiting on Monday to see if the U.S. Federal Reserve’s sweeping moves Sunday to inject additional liquidity into the economy would restore normal market conditions. The Fed’s goal is not to save […]

March 13, 2020

European stocks rose Friday and Wall Street was set to gain on the open after turbulent trading in Asia and a day after the market’s worst session in over three decades. Shares rose in Paris and London but fell 6.1% […]

March 10, 2020

Gold futures pulled back on Tuesday as stocks looked to rebound from their steepest one-day loss since 2008 and as government bond yields jumped off their historic lows seen after a coronavirus and crude-oil sparked plunge. A number of gold […]

March 9, 2020

NEW YORK — Stocks plunged 7% on Wall Street Monday, triggering a trading halt for 15 minutes. The steep drop followed similar falls in Europe after a fight among major crude-producing countries jolted investors already on edge about the widening […]

March 5, 2020

U.S. stock indexes dropped more than 2% on Thursday as the swift spread of the coronavirus in the United States led California to declare an emergency, while airline stocks were hammered by crippled travel demand. Down almost 12% last week […]