NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Energy stocks rose Friday despite losses in the broad equities market, as Chesapeake Energy maintained its upward momentum and company insiders from the oil and gas business scooped up downbeaten shares in their own ...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures rose Friday because investors wanted to hold the metal ahead of a three-day weekend in the U.S., but not enough to produce weekly gains.
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Brazilian stocks rose Friday, buoyed by gains in housing issues, but the market still faced its fifth consecutive weekly decline.
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.
HONG KONG—Australia's benchmark index closed at a six-month low and the Shanghai Composite Index gave way for the 11th time in 15 sessions as investors focused on worries about the global economy.
Being put on hold is no fun. But Vodafone Group has little choice when it comes to plans for the company's Indian operations. The Anglo-Dutch telecommunications giant is expected to list its Indian business at some point but said this week ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Drug makers helped European stock markets close in positive territory on Friday, after a session where uncertainty about growth in Europe and China made for choppy price action.
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.
The electronic markets keep getting their wires crossed—and investors are tired of getting shocked. Two years ago, in the "flash crash" of May 6, 2010, U.S. stocks lost $1 trillion in roughly 20 minutes. Two months ago, BATS Global Markets, ...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Tech stocks got a lift on Friday afternoon ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, though the boost did not help Facebook Inc.
It's quiet out there today. Stocks are little changed, the euro is perched (precariously, but perched) around $1.25 and benchmark 10-year Treasury notes continue to hover near record lows. Unless something earth shattering drops out of ...
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.
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE European stock markets cling to gains on Friday, led by the German DAX 30 index after encouraging confidence data. Stock futures flat as Europe loses steam
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Chinese stocks declined in Asia Friday amid concerns weak bank credit could hurt the nation’s growth, while Hong Kong stocks staged a late rebound, tracking gains in Europe after strong German economic data.