Stocks

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 600 points Monday as investors sought shelter from an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. The selling was widespread and heavy, handing the benchmark S&P 500 index its biggest...

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Fresh market jitters over the possibility of an escalation in the costly trade war between the U.S. and China pulled stocks broadly lower on Wall Street Monday. The sell-off, which eased toward the end of the day after an initial steep slump,...

by David McHugh & Annabelle Liang FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — More wild market swings appeared imminent Thursday, with U.S. stocks heading sharply lower after the largest single-day gain in history for the Dow. Slowing economic growth globally and a partial U.S. government shutdown heading into...

By ALEX VEIGA , AP Business Writer Wall Street notched its best day in 10 years as stocks rallied back Wednesday, giving some post-Christmas hope to a market that has otherwise been battered this December. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 1,000 points — its biggest point-gain ever...

By MARLEY JAY , AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After almost 10 years, Wall Street's rally looks like it's ending. Another day of big losses Friday left the U.S. market with its worst week in more than seven years. All of the major indexes have lost 16 to 26 percent from their highs this summer...

By MARLEY JAY , AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are skidding Monday as another day of big losses takes the market to its lowest level in more than a year. Retailers and technology stocks are sinking, and health insurers and hospitals are falling after a federal judge in Texas ruled...

By ALEX VEIGA , AP Business Writer U.S. stocks clawed most of their way back from a deep slide Thursday that at one point had wiped out the market's gains for the year. An early plunge briefly knocked more than 700 points off the Dow Jones Industrial Average as the arrest of a senior Chinese...

By STAN CHOE , AP Business Writer Eds: With BC-Financial Markets. With AP Photos. NEW YORK (AP) — One of the most reliable warning signals for a recession just got a bit brighter. The signal is called the "yield curve," and it shows how the bond market is feeling about the U.S. economy's long-term...

NEW YORK (AP) — Another wave of selling rocked Wall Street, plunging major indexes back into the red for the year. Steep drops in favorites like Amazon pulled the market sharply lower Friday, capping an unusually turbulent week of trading. The slide that began three weeks ago has put the S&P...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street, led by a swoon in technology companies. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased their gains for the year. High-flying companies like Netflix and Amazon took some of the biggest losses Wednesday. Netflix gave back 9...