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Wall Street stocks jumped Friday after the government reported that US companies shed fewer jobs than expected in February, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 9.7 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 121.98 points (1.17
WALL Street stocks jumped Monday, buoyed by corporate optimism and a mixed bag of economic data as well as speculation that eurozone nations may reveal a bailout deal to help debt-hit Greece.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 78.53 points
Stocks on Wall Street plunged for a second day, this time after consumer confidence unexpectedly fell sharply this month.
The blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 100.97 points or 1.0%, to 10,282.41.
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US stocks suffered their biggest one-day decline in nearly three weeks on Tuesday after a sharp drop in consumer confidence heightened worries over one of the most vulnerable areas of the economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 100.
U.S. stocks rose on Friday as investors took the Federal Reserve’s discount rate increase as evidence the financial system is healing but worried the eventual withdrawal of easy money will hurt Wall Street.
Even as stocks closed out their best
Brazilian blue-chip shares tracked gains on Wall Street to close higher Thursday, shrugging off uncertainties swirling around financial aid for troubled Greece that had weighed on emerging markets.
The benchmark Ibovespa stocks index closed 1
The stock market managed to post gains during a rocky week even as investor anxiety intensified over debt woes in the eurozone and other issues that could derail a global economic recovery.
Wall Street faces a holiday shortened week, opening
US stocks snapped back Tuesday from heavy losses a day earlier as financial market tensions eased along with fears over the eurozone debt crisis.
The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 150.25 points (1.52 per cent) to end at 10,058
Stocks snapped a two-day falling streak to close higher on Saturday buoyed by overnight gains on Wall Street, but investors remained cautious about European debt and the global recovery. The benchmark BSE Sensex ended up 0.79 per cent, or 124.72 point
The market rose more than 1 per cent in opening trade on Tuesday after better-than-expected overnight US manufacturing data revived hopes in the global economic recovery.
The key Straits Times Index added 31.23 points or 1.14 per cent to 2,767
