archiveNASDAQ Composite

US stock futures hovered around baseline as Wall Street braced for a busy day of Big Tech earnings and digested President Trump's latest move on tariffs. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) traded flat. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) dipped 0.2%. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) fell 0.4%. Stocks gained ground on Tuesday as investors found new reason to believe that Trump's upbeat stance on tariff negotiations will result in the new duties ultimately being dialed down. Read more: The latest...

US stock futures hovered around baseline as Wall Street braced for a busy day of Big Tech earnings and digested President Trump's latest move on tariffs. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slipped 0.1%. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) dipped 0.3%. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) fell 0.4%. Stocks gained ground on Tuesday as investors found new reason to believe that Trump's upbeat stance on tariff negotiations will result in the new duties ultimately being dialed down. Read more: The latest...

Home prices rose again in February as limited supply continued to prop up the market amid high mortgage rates and affordability challenges. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index rose 0.3% over the prior month in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, easing from the 0.5% monthly gain recorded in January. On an annual basis, prices nationally increased 3.9%, less than the 4.1% seen in January. The index tracking home prices in the 20 largest US cities rose 0.4% in February from January, matching the monthly Bloomberg consensus estimate....

Four times a year, US companies give away more information about their business than they'd like. For investors, this quarterly ritual is a chance to get an update on the state of America's largest companies, the overall economy, and get a certain outline of where things are headed next. But the earnings period is starting to look like it might fall way short of meeting these marks. For one thing, companies are pulling guidance left and right because of uncertainty related to Trump's tariffs. American Airlines (AAL) is just the...

US economic activity continued to sink this month amid uncertainty around tariff policy. New data from S&P Global out Wednesday showed its flash composite PMI output index for April — which captures activity in the services and manufacturing sectors — fell to 51.2, the lowest in 16 months. Manufacturing activity rose to 50.7, up from 50.2 in March. Services activity fell to 51.4 from 54.4 in March. Readings above 50 indicate an expansion in activity in the sector; readings below 50 indicate contraction. Sentiment about the year ahead fell sharply,...

US stock futures jumped after President Trump said he has 'no intention' of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, easing fears on Wall Street that the central bank's independence was under threat. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) popped 1.2%, while futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) jumped 1.5%. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) soared 1.8%. CBOT - Delayed Quote • USD As of 2:09:28 AM EDT. Market Open. YM=F ES=F NQ=F Trump told reporters from the Oval Office on Tuesday that...

US stock futures edged slightly up on Tuesday following a bruising day on Wall Street, marked by renewed criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell by President Trump. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) climbed 0.8%. Futures for the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) ascended 0.9%, while futures for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) advanced 1%. CBOT - Delayed Quote • USD As of 5:47:24 AM EDT. Market Open. YM=F ES=F NQ=F On Monday, stocks tanked as Trump took to social media to say that the US economy...

US stock futures traded flat after a bruising day on Wall Street, marked by renewed criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell by President Trump. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F), the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F), and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) dipped 0.1%. CBOT - Delayed Quote • USD As of 9:39:30 PM EDT. Market Open. YM=F ES=F NQ=F On Monday, stocks tanked as Trump took to social media to say that the US economy would slow unless Powell cuts interest rates now, calling the Fed...

US stock futures fell early Monday as investors prepared for another week of developments on President Trump's fast-moving tariff policies and for the kickoff of Big Tech earnings reports, with Fed independence also looming as an emerging risk for investors to weigh. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (ES=F) were down around 1%, while those on the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NQ=F) fell 1.2%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) dropped 0.7%. CME - Delayed Quote • USD As of 7:22:46 AM EDT. Market Open. ES=F YM=F NQ=F As Yahoo Finance's Josh...

America's largest homebuilder, D.R. Horton (DHI), warned on Thursday that its key spring selling season has gotten off to a sluggish start as elevated mortgage rates and growing economic uncertainty continue to erode consumer confidence. "This year's spring selling season started slower than expected," D.R. Horton CEO Paul Romanowski told analysts and investors on the company's second quarter earnings call. "We have been more cautious due to continued affordability constraints and declining consumer confidence." The homebuilder reported a 15% year-over-year decline in net sales orders for its fiscal second quarter,...