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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.40%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.87%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.32%. Stocks are moving higher today, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials posting...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.61%. The dollar is falling today after President-elect Trump picked Scott Bessent as the new Treasury Secretary, who is seen as a fiscal hawk and favors less government spending and more gradual tariffs. Bessent’s nomination eases concerns about Trump’s inflationary agenda,...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.77%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +1.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.94%. Stocks are moving higher today, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials posting...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed up +0.53%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.06%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.36%. Stocks on Thursday finished moderately higher. Stocks recovered from mixed trading Thursday and turned...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Thursday finished up +0.30% and posted a 13-month high. The dollar Thursday recovered from early losses and moved higher as a rebound in T-note yields strengthened the dollar’s interest rate differentials after T-note yields recovered from early losses and moved higher. Thursday’s US economic news...

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are down -0.14%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ24) are up +0.12% this morning as market participants looked ahead to an earnings report from semiconductor stalwart Nvidia, a new batch of U.S. economic data, and comments from Federal Reserve officials.

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are up +0.09%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ24) are up +0.35% this morning as market participants looked ahead to an earnings report from semiconductor stalwart Nvidia, a new batch of U.S. economic data, and comments from Federal Reserve officials.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed up by +0.21%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.33%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up by +0.83%. Stocks on Thursday settled mostly higher on positive earnings results and...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up by +0.20%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.31%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.63%. Stocks today are mostly higher, climbing on earnings optimism and a...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up by +0.23%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.28%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.65%. Stocks today are mostly higher, climbing on earnings optimism and a...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Thursday rose by +0.26% to a 6-week high. The dollar remains underpinned as heightened Middle East tensions are boosting safe-haven demand for the dollar. Also, higher T-note yields Thursday strengthened the dollar’s interest rate differentials. In addition, weakness in the yen supports the dollar as...