Investors brushed off early jitters about a potential slowdown in China and pushed the Dow to its highest close of the year.

US stocks fell sharply today, waterlogged from Superstorm Sandy and unmoved by a solid October jobs report.

The debt showdown in Washington worried the stock market again today.

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 closed an erratic session mixed today as General Motors Corp. hit an 18-year low, dragging down the Dow Jones industrial average. Rising oil prices also dulled investor enthusiasm.