U.S. stock indexes are mixed in Tuesday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is off more than four-tenths of one percent, while the S&P 500 index is down one-tenth of a percent. The NASDAQ is a tenth of a percent higher. Stocks ended mixed in Europe. London’s Financial Times index finished ahead one-tenth of a […]
US Stocks Open Lower Tuesday
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock indexes open lower on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is off more than one-half of one percent, while the S&P 500 index is down three-tenths of a percent. The NASDAQ is a tenth of a percent lower. Stocks are down in afternoon trading in Europe. London’s Financial Times index is down less […]
Europe Stocks Mostly Lower at Midday
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
European stock prices are mostly lower in midday trading Tuesday. London’s Financial Times index is down less than one-tenth of one percent. The CAC-40 in Paris is down six-tenths of one percent, and trading on the DAX index in Frankfurt is virtually unchanged. In New York, the S&P futures contract is up three points, indicating […]
Asian Markets Rise as Dollar, Gold Both Dip
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
Asian stock markets closed mostly higher Tuesday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained almost one-half of a percent to close at 10,098. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose one and one-quarter percent to end at 22,572. Elsewhere, share prices were higher in Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Sydney, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Markets ended lower in Mumbai, Bangkok, […]
Tokyo Market Scores Gains as Dollar, Gold Slip
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
Japanese share prices were higher Tuesday, while the dollar lost more ground against the yen. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained almost half of one percent , to close at 10,098. In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 78.13 yen, down one-sixth of a yen from late Monday. Gold was trading at $1,610.00 an ounce, down […]
Asian Markets Rise as Dollar Sinks
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 4:45 am (UTC-5)
Asian stock markets were mostly higher in trading Tuesday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained almost one-half of a percent to close at 10,098. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose one and one-quarter percent to end at 22,572. Elsewhere, share prices were higher in Shanghai, Sydney and Taipei. Markets dipped in Wellington and Manila. The dollar was […]
Tokyo Stocks Up, Dollar Down
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
Japanese share prices were up Tuesday, while the dollar lost more ground against the yen. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained almost half of one percent to close at 10,098. In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 78.06 yen, down almost a quarter yen from late Monday. The Taipei market gained more than one-and-one-quarter percent to […]
US Stocks Decline
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes fell in Monday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated seven-tenths of a percent to end at 12,593. The S&P 500 fell six-tenths of a percent to close at 1,337 and the NASDAQ dropped six-tenths of a percent to reach 2,843. European stock markets were mixed at the close of trading. […]
US Stocks Mostly Down
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes were mostly down in Monday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated three-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 fell two-tenths of a percent but the NASDAQ was unchanged. European stock markets were mixed at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index lost two-tenths of a percent to […]
World Markets Await US Debt Deal
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Stock prices in the United States, Asia, and Europe declined in Monday’s trading, as investors waited to find out whether President Barack Obama and U.S. congressional leaders would reach agreement on raising the federal debt limit. The benchmark U.S. index was down half a percent, London’s FTSE fell three-tenths of a percent, while Japan’s NIKKEI […]
