U.S. stock market indexes rose strongly in Tuesday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced nine-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 rose 1.2 percent and the NASDAQ gained 1.9 percent. European stock markets were higher at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained 1.4 percent to close at 5,775. The […]
US Stocks Rise
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Tuesday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced a third of a percent, the S&P 500 rose a half-percent and the NASDAQ gained six-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were higher in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained eight-tenths of a percent, the CAC 40 […]
European Stocks Higher in Midday Trading
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
European stock prices are higher in midday trading Tuesday. London’s Financial Times index and the DAX index in Frankfurt are both up seven-tenths of a percent, while the CAC-40 in Paris is up one percent, In New York, the S&P futures contract is up five points, indicating a higher opening. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained 1.1 […]
Asia Markets Close Mostly Higher
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Major Asian stock markets closed higher Tuesday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained one and one-tenth percent to finish at 9,460. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index also rose one and one-tenth percent to finish the day’s trading at 21,851. Share prices were higher in Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Taipei, but […]
Japan’s Nikkei Closes in Positive Territory
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
Japanese markets closed higher Tuesday, while the U.S. dollar is lower against the Japanese yen. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained nearly one and one-fourth percent to finish at 9,460. In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 80.19 yen, a slight drop from Monday’s closing figures. Gold is trading at $1,543.53 an ounce.
Asian Stocks Mostly Higher
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
Asian stock markets closed mostly higher Tuesday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained one and one-tenth of a percent to finish at 9,460. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index also rose one and one-tenth of a percent to finish the day’s trading at 21,851. Share prices were higher in Shanghai, Sydney, Taipei and Manila, but lower in Wellington. […]
Japan’s Nikkei Closes in Positive Territory
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 2:59 am (UTC-5)
Japanese markets closed higher Tuesday, while the U.S. dollar is lower against the Japanese yen. Tokyo’s Nikkei index gained nearly one and one-fourth percent to finish at 9,460. In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 80.19 yen, a slight drop from Monday’s closing figures. The Taipei market finished at 8,598, a gain of more […]
US Stocks Rise
Posted June 20th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Monday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained six-tenths of one percent to close at 12,080. The S&P 500 rose half a percent to finish at 1,278 and the NASDAQ gained half a percent to end at 2,630. European stock markets were lower at the close of trading. London’s […]
US Stocks Rise
Posted June 20th, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Monday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the NASDAQ gained six-tenths of a percent while the S&P 500 rose a half-percent. European stock markets were lower at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index lost four-tenths of a percent to end at 5,693. The CAC […]
European Markets Lower at Midday
Posted June 20th, 2011 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
European stock markets were lower in midday trading Monday. London’s Financial Times 100 index was six-tenths of a percent , to 5,681. The CAC-40 in Paris dropped 1.03 percent , to 3,785. And the DAX in Frankfurt was down one percent , at 7,095. The S&P futures contract was down six points, indicating a lower […]
