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...major market indices were up slightly goign into the long holiday weekend. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.44 to 5,097.96. The New York Stock Exchange composite index rose 0.74 to 326.35. On the Big Board, advancers led decliners 1,369 to 953, with 768 unchanged. Volume was light with 289.61 million shares traded. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 4.20 to 1,044.84. The Standard & Poor's 500 stocks were up 1.47 to end the day at 611.96. The American Stock Exchange market value index was up 4.06 to 541.55. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones...
Stocks surged on signs that progress is being made in restarting budget talks between the White House and Congress, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average up 37.21 points to end the day at 5,096.53. All other major market indices were up as well, with the New York Stock Exchange composite index up 2.00 to close at 325.61. On the Big Board, advancers led decliners 1,414 to 953 with 738 unchanged. Volume was moderate with 415.78 million shares traded. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose sharply, 13.94 to close at 1,039.21. The Standard & Poor's 500 stocks...
...budget; ensure the process of deficit reduction is achieved evenly, rather than "backloading" difficult political decisions until the next century; and put "everything on the table," including long-term entitlement programs. The nervousness caused by the budget impasse created a frenzied sell-off on Wall Street Monday, plunging the Dow Jones industrial average by more than 100 points...
Investors roared back from yesterday's selling frenzy, reacting to the Fed's decision to cut a key interest rate by pushing the Dow Jones industrial average up 34.68 points, to end the day at 5,109.89. The Dow's surge upward gained back more than a third of the loss it suffered Monday. The New York Stock Exchange was also up 2.05 to end the day at 325.71. On the Big Board, advancers led decliners 1,526 to 916, with 678 unchanged. Technology shares bounced back Tuesday, as the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index jumped 23.82 points to close...
...biggest stock market tumble since 1991, the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 101.52 points to close at 5,075.21. Worries that a partial government shutdown might cause the Federal Reserve to postpone a predicted lowering of interest rates on Tuesday sent investors into a selling frenzy. Declining issues led advances by four to one on a heavy volume of 426.23 million shares as of 4 p.m. EST, despite a one-hour opening delay in trading due to computer problems that stock market officials have yet to fully explain. With the Dow at near-record highs this month, the slide represented...