The Dow industrials declined as investors weighed better-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence and a report of regional weakness in Spain. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index edged lower, on pace to cap its biggest weekly gain in more ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar rose on Friday, remaining on pace to end a fourth straight week of gains that has taken the greenback to its highest level since 2010.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Treasury prices gained on Friday, retracing some of the prior session’s decline, though bonds are still down for the week.
2009 Chevrolet Malibu High school and college graduation is a time for thinking about new destinations—and how a new diploma holder will be getting to them. Unless they land in one of the few U.S. cities fully served by public ...
French consumer confidence improved slightly in May to reach a level not seen since November 2010, national statistics agency Insee said Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures held on to an advance Friday after data showed U.S. consumer sentiment rose in May, but prices were poised for weekly losses.
After H.J. Heinz pared its forecasts on Thursday, Wall Street analysts lost their taste for the ketchup-maker. Though sales in emerging markets are growing at a nice clip, lagging U.S. operations remain a big challenge for Heinz (ticker: ...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Brighter views on employment led consumer sentiment higher in May, according to a gauge released Friday by the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks languished between modest gains and losses Friday, with Wall Street largely fixated on Spain, where regional banks are struggling with finances and yields that reflect the government’s borrowing costs ...
Drug makers and a better-than-expected reading on U.S. consumer sentiment helped European stock markets end a choppy session with small gains.
Consumer confidence just jumped to the highest level since October 2007, and the stock market barely blinked. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final reading on consumer sentiment in May rose to 79.3, above the 77.8 figure ...
U.S. consumers ended May feeling the most upbeat about the economy since late 2007, according to data released Friday. Respondents are paying attention to jobs, not Greece.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — London stocks ended a choppy session on a slightly positive note on Friday, as oil firms and Vodafone Group PLC moved higher.
MUMBAI—Citigroup Inc. is planning to expand its Indian consumer-banking operations by ramping up its credit-card business and adding one million new customers from the urban middle class over the next two to three years.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Canadian equities wavered between small gains and losses Friday, poised to finish the week higher, with gold miners and technology stocks providing support, but financials weighing on the market.