The Dow Jones fell Friday after inflation data. Amazon, Broadcom, Meta and Netflix are among the best stocks to buy and watch.

Wall Street analyzed the cooler-than-expected producer price index for December on Tuesday and looked ahead to the consumer price index report on Wednesday.

The S&P’s financials sector gained more than 2%, rising thanks to Q4 earnings reports released Wednesday morning from big banks Citigroup (shares up 7%), Goldman Sachs (up 6%), JPMorgan Chase (up 2%) and Wells Fargo (up 6%), all of which reported quarterly profits above average analyst estimates.

Investors await Wednesday’s key CPI inflation print before making decisions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) lurched around 150 points higher on Tuesday after Producer Price Index (PPI ...

Headline inflation increased 2.9% on a 12-month basis ... U.S. stocks ended in the green Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 703.27 points, or 1.65%. The S&P 500 climbed 1.83%, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 2.45%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) added over a full percentage point in value on Friday, climbing around 500 points and vaulting back over 43,500 as market expectations for further rate cuts increased.

U.S. stocks traded sharply higher in Wednesday's final hour of trading, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 headed for a third consecutive session of gains after December's CPI data sparked a relief rally.

All told, the S&P 500 rose 107.00 points to 5,949.91. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 703.27 to 43,221.55, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 466.84 to 19,511.23. The encouraging U.S. inflation data also helped to perk up stock indexes abroad by ...

Stocks opened higher on Tuesday after wholesale price inflation cooled in December. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 200 points, or 0.5%. The S&P 500 was up 0.6%. The Nasdaq Composite rose ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a group of 30 U.S. industry leaders. The DJIA itself gained 14% in 2024, far underperforming the larger and more diverse S&P 500, which gained 25%. In order of best to worst,

A softer-than-expected December inflation report and strong earnings from the nation's major U.S. banks Wednesday boosted investors' confidence as stocks surged. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite likewise added 1.7% and 2.3%, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 725 points, or 1.7 percent.

US stocks surged on Wednesday, fueled by a slowdown in core inflation and better-than-expected earnings from major banks.