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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.01%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.13%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.02%. US stock indexes today are mixed. Stocks garnered some support today on dovish comments...

All three major indices look set to extend their recent record highs Thursday.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed down -0.22%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.06%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.57%. US stock indexes gave up early gains on Thursday and settled mixed, with the...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Thursday rose by +0.16%. The dollar recovered from early losses and moved higher Thursday after T-note yields climbed on signs of strength in the US economy when weekly jobless claims were unchanged. Also, the April Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey unexpectedly rose to a 2-year...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed down -1.46%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.24%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.66%. Stock indexes Friday closed sharply lower, with the S&P 500 falling to a 4-week...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday rose by +0.72% and posted a 5-1/4 month high. The divergence between the Fed and ECB is boosting the dollar and undercutting the euro, with the Fed expected to delay interest rate cuts and the ECB expected to begin cutting rates in June....

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Monday closed down -0.31%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.41%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.34%. Stock indexes on Monday posted moderate losses as some hawkish Fed comments pushed T-note...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Monday fell by -0.20%. Weaker-than-expected US economic news on Monday weighed on the dollar after February new home sales and the Mar Dallas Fed manufacturing outlook unexpectedly declined. Losses in the dollar were limited by hawkish comments from Atlanta Fed President Bostic and Fed Governor...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) this morning is down -0.15%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.28%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.27%. Stock indexes this morning are mildly lower on some negative corporate news. Take-Two...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) this morning is down by -0.22%. The dollar is under pressure today as the yen strengthened on concern that Japanese authorities could soon intervene in the forex market to support the yen after Japan’s top currency official said, “the current weakening of the yen is...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) this morning is down -0.27%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.28%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.50%. Stock indexes this morning are mildly lower on some negative corporate news. United...