November 18, 20240 Comments

Stock Market Today: Dow edges lower after worst week for S&P 500 in two months

How are stock-index futures trading: Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 49 points, or 0.11%, to 43,519 S&P 500 futures increased 11.25 points, or 0.2%, to 5,908 Nasdaq 100 futures increased 143.75 points, or 0.7%, to 20,638 On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 306 points, or 0.7%, to 43,445, the S&P 500 declined 79 points, or 1.32%, to 5,871, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 428 points, or 2.24%,

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November 13, 20240 Comments

Wall St edges higher after inflation data keeps Fed rate-cut hopes intact By Reuters

By Purvi Agarwal and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes inched higher on Wednesday after in-line consumer price inflation data kept the U.S. Federal Reserve on track to deliver another interest rate cut in December. The consumer price index rose 0.2% in October for the fourth straight month, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said, and advanced 2.6% on an annual basis. Excluding the volatile food

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