Stocks close higher on health care, banks

Stocks finished higher Monday led by gains in the healthcare and financial sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 95.38 points, or 0.7%,...

Radio stocks weather overall Friday downturn

Television companies that trade on the stock market followed the crowd into the red ink zone on Friday, experiencing at worst mild losses in...

Broadcast stocks slightly elevated on overall flat day

Stock prices are expected to be on a short leash until the election – going up and down but not far in either direction....

Stocks fall on earnings; Alcoa weighs on Dow

Stocks fell sharply Wednesday, with the S&P 500 Index ending lower for a fourth consecutive trading session, after aluminum producer Alcoa cut its global...

Stocks finish lower on earnings anxiety, IMF

Stocks closed near their lows of the session Tuesday on pressure leading up to earnings season and a lackluster growth outlook from the International...

Stocks finish lower; technology leads drop

Stocks on Monday retreated from near five-year highs as investors braced for what's expected to be a weak earnings season. The Dow Jones Industrial...

Stocks gain for week; Apple drags on Nasdaq

Stocks finished mixed on Friday, but posted weekly gains, as enthusiasm over a drop in the unemployment rate gave way to caution ahead of...

Stocks climb on economic reports

Stocks rose on Thursday, with the S&P 500 index gaining for a fourth day, after weekly data offered a positive read on the labor...

Dow settles off session highs; S&P 500 up

Blue-chip stocks closed higher Wednesday, with modest gains following upbeat data on private-sector job growth and activity in the services sector. The Dow Jones...

Blue-chip stocks close lower; Nasdaq gains

Blue-chip stocks finished lower Tuesday, though off the session's weakest level, as the Nasdaq Composite scored a modest gain to end a two-session losing...

Stocks finish mostly higher; Nasdaq falls

Stocks closed mostly higher Monday, buoyed by better-than-expected data on manufacturing as traders digested Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on monetary policy, but the...

Stock indexes close strong month and quarter

Stocks fell Friday as an unexpected contraction in a gauge of business activity in the Midwest had Wall Street cutting still-sizeable third quarter and...

Stocks rally on Spain and U.S. jobs picture

Stocks rose sharply Thursday, with the S&P 500 index rebounding after a five-session losing spell, after Spain detailed an austerity plan that focuses on...

Stocks fall, S&P 500 still on losing streak

Stocks fell Wednesday, with the S&P 500 Index sealing a fifth day of losses, its longest such streak since July, as austerity unrest in...

Stocks end sharply lower; technology hardest hit

Stocks tumbled Tuesday as investors fretted the limits of the Fed's monetary policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 101.37 points, or 0.8%, to...