U.S. stock market indexes were mixed in Thursday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated half a percent to close at 12,050. The S&P 500 lost three-tenths of a percent to finish at 1,284 while the NASDAQ advanced seven-tenths of a percent to end at 2,687. European stock markets were lower at the close of […]
US Stocks Decline
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes fell sharply in Thursday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated 1.2 percent, the S&P 500 lost 1.1 percent, and the NASDAQ dropped two-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were lower at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index lost 1.7 percent to close at 5,674. The […]
US Stocks Decline
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes fell sharply in Thursday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated 1.7 percent, the S&P 500 lost 1.8 percent and the NASDAQ dropped 1.6 percent. European stock markets were lower in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index lost 1.5 percent, the CAC-40 in Paris moved down 2.1 percent, and […]
European Stocks Lower in Midday Trading
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
European stock prices are lower in midday trading Thursday. London’s Financial Times index is down just over one percent. The CAC-40 in Paris is down one and one-half percent, and the DAX index in Frankfurt is down nearly one and one-quarter percent. In New York, the S&P futures contract is down eight points, indicating a […]
Japan’s Nikkei Loses Ground
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
Japanese markets closed lower Thursday, while the U.S. dollar is higher against the Japanese yen. Tokyo’s Nikkei index lost more than one-quarter of one percent to finish at 9,597. In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 80.58, a gain of more than one-quarter of a yen from Wednesday. Gold is trading at $1,542.38 an […]
Japan’s Nikkei Loses Ground
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 2:25 am (UTC-5)
Japanese markets closed lower Thursday, while the U.S. dollar is higher against the Japanese yen. Tokyo’s Nikkei index lost more than one-quarter of one percent to finish at 9,597. In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 80.40 yen, a gain of just over one-tenth of a yen from Wednesday. The Taipei market lost well […]
US Stocks Fall
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes declined in Wednesday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped seven-tenths of a percent to end at 12,110. The S&P 500 fell seven-tenths of a percent to finish at 1,287, and the NASDAQ composite index dropped seven-tenths of a percent to close at 2,669. European stock markets were down at the […]
US Stocks Rise
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes made gains in Wednesday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ all rose around one-tenth of a percent. European stock markets were down at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index lost less than one-tenth of a percent to finish at 5,773. The […]
US Stocks Mixed
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes were mixed in Wednesday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost one-tenth of a percent, the S&P 500 edged up less than one-tenth of a percent while the NASDAQ declined less than one-tenth of a percent. European stock markets were higher in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained […]
European Stocks Mixed in Midday Trading
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
European stock prices are mixed in midday trading Wednesday. London’s Financial Times index is down nearly one-half of one percent. The CAC-40 in Paris is down one-quarter of one percent, while the DAX index in Frankfurt is up nearly one-tenth of one percent. In New York, the S&P futures contract is down four points, indicating […]
