S&P 500, Nasdaq climb as Dow wavers with government shutdown in focus
US stocks mostly climbed on Monday as investors eyed a looming US government shutdown that risks delaying the release of...
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S&P, Nasdaq, Dow fall as weak jobs data sparks Wall Street worries
US stocks reversed course on Friday as investors took in a softer-than-expected jobs report, with imminent interest-rate cuts seen as...
S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow climb as jobs report shows dramatic slowdown
The US labor market continues to slow. The August jobs report released Friday by the the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow slip after jobs report shows dramatic slowdown
US stocks reversed course sharply on Friday as investors took in a softer-than-expected jobs report, with imminent interest-rate cuts seen...
Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide as focus turns to jobs report to test rate-cut bets
US stock futures slipped on Tuesday to start a holiday-shortened trading week, as Wall Street started to look ahead to...
S&P 500 posts worst week since September as Trump tariffs rattle markets
The latest jobs report released Friday showed the construction industry increased its pace of hiring while unemployment for workers in the industry also rose. Data from the Labor Department showed that construction firms added 19,000 jobs in February, following a small gain of 4,000 in January. This marked the strongest month of growth since the third quarter of 2024. However, this growth came alongside a rise in the construction unemployment rate, which increased to 7.2% compared to the overall unemployment rate of 4.1% for the month. "The sizable jump in...
Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures edge up ahead of Trump tariffs as bitcoin surges
US stock futures pushed higher early on Monday amid uncertainty about President Donald Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on major US trading partners this week, which brings a crucial jobs report and key retail earnings. S&P 500 futures (ES=F) climbed 0.3%. while those on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) saw an 0.4% gain. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) were up roughly 0.2%. The major US indexes are coming off a volatile week and a losing month in February. March trading is kicking off with investors facing with more questions...