Worries that Washington may not be able to help businesses as much as once thought knocked stock indexes down hard early on Monday, but they clawed back most of their losses and ended the day mixed.

A late push helped US stocks finish higher after indexes spent most of the day lower.

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

The Dow Jones industrial average missed the 20,000 mark by a fraction of a point on Friday as US stock indexes rose after the government said wages jumped in December, but two other major indexes set records.

The amount of very experienced investors asking for a hedge against a deep market correction is sentiment that cannot be ignored.

Believe it or not, the tobacco industry is on a tear.

Amid mounting concerns about the risks of a global recession, European shares and oil headed lower again yesterday.

The best-performing US stocks right now are ones that usually do well when the economy isn’t, makers of everything from household cleaning products to food. It’s yet another black cloud for investors fretting over a growth slowdown.

The global investment landscape has been transformed since 2009.

Wall St stocks jumped almost 2% yesterday in the latest volatile session as investors weighed the impact of a stumbling Chinese economy and global market turmoil on the Federal Reserve’s impending decision about when to raise interest rates.

Wall St racked up its biggest one-day gain in four years yesterday as fears about China’s economy gave way to bargain hunters emboldened by expectations the US Federal Reserve might not raise interest rates next month.

Apple’s disappointing earnings matter to more than just the investors who hold its shares.

US stocks rose for a second day after an encouraging report on retail sales suggested that Americans are finally feeling confident enough to spend more.

At the beginning of last year and at the beginning of this year again, I would have been privately cautious, at least, about the outlook for equity markets, writes Jim Power.

US investors remained in a record-setting mood, edging the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index to their latest all-time highs.

US stocks stabilised yesterday after earnings from a major beer brewer helped the market stem its recent declines.

Investors got some bad news about the American shopper yesterday, driving down US stocks and sending the Dow Jones industrial average to a loss for the week.

The US stock market had its biggest decline in two weeks yesterday, led by a sell-off in blue-chip bank and energy stocks.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index eked out its second small gain of the week yesterday as investors pored over the latest earnings reports.

It was another record day for US stocks yesterday, but barely.

Wall Street was happy to see Larry Summers go.

Occupying a single floor of a three-storey building in a suburban Dublin office park, Western Union’s offices are notably modest for the international headquarters of the world’s largest money transfer firm.

Good news on jobs and consumer spending pushed stocks higher again yesterday.

Investors nudged the US stock market to all-time highs yesterday despite a handful of disappointing economic reports.

The Dow Jones closed down 64.3 at 14447.8 last night.

The Dow Jones industrial average logged its longest winning streak in two years - barely.

A quiet day on Wall Street turned into the worst sell-off in three months after a Federal Reserve official said he doubted the bank’s effort to boost economic growth would work.

US STOCKS rose yesterday, capping a week of record swings for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as an increase in retail sales tempered concern the economy is slowing.

A US government report on retail sales in May was better than expected, and that drove stocks higher for only the third time this month.

US stocks have closed higher for the first day this week as rising oil prices offset worries about the global economic recovery.

THE Dow hit a seven-month low last night as increases in jobless claims and the trade deficit and a slowdown in China’s export growth spurred concern the economy may falter.

Stocks pared their losses today after President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers promised to seek a compromise before the end of the year on extending Bush-era tax cuts.

Wall Street kept up a broad winning streak today, giving blue chip stocks their fifth straight advance as investors looked for clues about whether dire predictions for the holiday shopping season would prove accurate.

Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003 today, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging below the 8,000 mark as the fate of Detroit's Big Three carmakers amid a slumping economy disheartened investors.

Stocks sank today as oil’s surge above 108 a barrel and more worrisome signs for the financial sector led investors to extend last week’s losses.

Wall Street finished the week with a listless session today as a decline in big ticket factory goods did little to assuage investors’ economic worries and left the major indexes slightly lower.

A drop in crude oil futures pushed stocks modestly higher in the United States today, helped by government predictions of lower gasoline prices.

Strong growth in the service sector and record high oil prices sent stocks sharply lower on Wall Street today on renewed inflation fears.

Stocks in the United States extended their rally with modest gains today.

Wall Street’s rally lost momentum as profit-taking set in today, leaving stocks narrowly lower but still allowing the Dow Jones industrials and Nasdaq composite index to post weekly gains for the first time since early March.

FORECASTS of improving orders from Flextronics International, Intel, and Advanced Micro Devices suggest that the worst of a three-year slump in sales of computer hardware, software and services may be over.