The major indices registered gains at the start of this holiday-shortened week. The "Santa Claus rally" period (i.e. the last five trading days of the year and the first two trading days of the new ...

It was a somewhat lackluster session. The major indices mostly traded around their prior closing levels. The Russell 2000 outperformed other indices, settling 0.9% higher, reflecting some speculative ...

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index dropped to 104.7 in December (Briefing.com consensus 113.5) from an upwardly revised 112.8 (from 111.7) in November. The key takeaway from the report ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades 0.7% higher, or 280 points, after plunging more than 1,100 points yesterday.

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.48%) is narrowly lower form levels half an hour ago, still up about 28 points on the day. Meanwhile, Lamb Weston (LW 60.16, -18.06, -23.09%) is today's top laggard as Q2 ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The major indices remain above prior closing levels. Disappointing earnings results and/or guidance from Micron (MU 86.91, -17.04, -16.4%) and Lennar Corp. (LEN 138.11, -7.83, -5.4%) ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+1.48%) holds a narrow lead over the S&P 500 (+1.41%) in the latter stages of Friday's session. Meanwhile, Nike (NKE 76.56, -0.54, -0.7%) slips in the ...

Durable goods orders declined 1.1% month-over-month in November (Briefing.com consensus -0.3%) following an upwardly revised 0.8% increase (from 0.2%) in October. Excluding transportation, durable ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is tied with the S&P 500 at gains of +0.57% apiece. Gold futures settled $45.20 lower (-1.7%) to $2,608.10/oz, dipping as strong U.S. data fuels Fed ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.56%) is in first place among the major averages on Thursday afternoon.