Losses for energy and technology companies left most US stocks lower today.

Apple made its biggest jump in six months on Wednesday, helping send the Dow Jones industrial average above 22,000 points for the first time.

US stock indexes returned to records on Tuesday as corporate profits continue to come in better than analysts expected.

US stock indexes nudged higher today after energy companies clawed back some of their sharp losses from earlier in the week.

US stock indexes have held steady after the price of oil halted its slide, at least for now.

US stock indexes edged lower for the second day in a row as a sharp drop for banks and a rare loss for technology companies cancelled out gains for drug makers and consumer-focused companies.

Energy companies jumped with the price of oil on Wednesday, but overall stocks finished only slightly higher as a quiet week of trading continued.

US stock indexes fluttered up and down on Thursday - then ended the day a fraction above where they started.

US stock indexes made tiny gains today as news of several corporate deals helped lift the market.

US stocks held steady on Wall Street and bond prices gave back some of their big gains from Wednesday as a rally fuelled by the Federal Reserve's announcement on interest rates faded.

Bank stocks have jumped on hopes that bigger profits are ahead and US indexes again pushed to record highs.

Stocks around the world continued their march higher on Monday, and US indexes again hit new highs.

Wall Street capped a subdued day of trading today with a tiny gain and another milestone.

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Banks took the biggest losses amid a slump in US stocks as investors worried about the financial health of Germany's Deutsche Bank.

US stocks have closed barely higher as big gains for utilities balanced out losses for retailers like Lowe's, Target and Staples.

US stocks edged higher overnight as energy companies climbed with the price of oil.

Oil prices slid after a meeting between major producing nations on a proposed output freeze fell apart, leaving the world grappling with an excess of unwanted crude.

Gold advanced to the highest in seven weeks, boosted as investor confidence in the dollar waivered amid doubts US interest rates will rise this year.

Sterling tumbled versus the euro and reversed an advance against the dollar after the Bank of England yesterday signalled there is scope to keep interest rates at a record low as inflation weakness persists.

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Cautious oil market bulls are stirring, sensing higher prices for future months after a first whisper that the glut may be set to slowly shrink.

China’s key stock market index has surged 5.3%, its biggest gain in eight weeks, as markets across Asia rose following Wall Street’s rebound, giving investors some relief after gut-wrenching global losses.

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Concerns over Greece's latest effort to avoid a default weighed on US financial markets today.

Major Wall Street indexes finished the day just short of where they started, despite plenty of news.

Oil prices rallied for a second straight day yesterday after Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies began air strikes in Yemen, sparking fears of a bigger Middle East battle that could disrupt world crude supplies.

US stocks ended a strong 2014 with moderate declines today.

A strong jobs report has boosted US and European stocks, leaving the Dow Jones industrial average just short of the 18,000 mark.

The US stock market eked out another record close ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday as investors assessed the latest reports on the economy and some corporate earnings.

A slump in energy stocks hit a rebound in Wall Street indexes yesterday as the price of oil plunged the most in two years.

Concerns over weaker global growth appeared to overshadow strong reports about the US economy, nudging the stock market to a small loss.

Reports that Ukrainian forces attacked Russian military vehicles that had crossed the border rattled US stock markets, knocking them down in the afternoon and sending traders into the safety of US government bonds.

A burst of buying in US stocks defied slumps in other markets and offered hope for investors shaken by geopolitical turmoil.

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US petrol and heating oil futures gained and US treasuries also rose yesterday, as economic worries over Hurricane Sandy fuelled safe-haven buying in thin trading volume as the powerful storm began to batter the US east coast.

US stock prices have been checked by a warning from the huge package delivery company FedEx that its profits would be hurt because of a slowdown in the global economy.

The euro fell below $1.24, near a two-year low last night, as Italian borrowing costs soared and concerns mounted over Spain’s banking sector.

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World stocks erased the year’s gains and German bond yields slid to record lows yesterday as investors fled risky investments for safe-haven assets on the eurozone’s deepening debt woes.

World stocks dived today after a failure by Greece’s political leaders to form a coalition government set the stage for new elections next month, keeping Europe’s debt crisis centre stage.