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While American celebrate the Fourth of July, financial markets are taking a long weekend as well. The New York Stock Exchange closed at 1 p.m. July 3 and will remain closed throughout the ...

The S&P 500 hit a fresh record even as the strong June jobs report dented the market's expectations for rate cuts this summer ...

Dow Jones index rose Thursday after a surprisingly strong June jobs report. Nvidia stock and Palantir rallied.

Global shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks hit another record. European shares rose and indexes in Shanghai, Tokyo and ...

U.S. stock futures held up resiliently early Thursday, signaling that the market could finish the holiday-shortened week on a ...

Asian stock markets presented a mixed picture at Thursday’s open, with Vietnamese equities surging to a more than three-year ...

US Stock Market indexes S&P 500, Nasdaq ended at record peak on Wednesday after Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Nike stocks gain big.

The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and set a record for the third time in four days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down by 10 points, or less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.9%. Tesla ...

U.S. stocks ticked higher to hit another record. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Wednesday and set an all-time high for the third time in four days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down by less than 0.1% ...

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