Best day in 2012 for Dow

Stocks surged Wednesday, with the Dow and S&P scoring their best day this year, on increasing optimism that central bankers would move to bolster...

Dow breaks loss streak

Stocks rose Tuesday, lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average out of a four-session loss streak, after a better-than-forecast showing in the Institute for Supply...

Dow falls for fourth day

Data on U.S. factory orders weighed on stocks yesterday. The data soured sentiment about domestic growth, but stocks did end up recovering most of...

Dow erases 2012 gains

Wall Street suffered its worst day of the year Friday as U.S. stocks sank more than 2% following an ugly jobs report. The Dow...

Stocks drop 6% in May; worst for DJIA in 2 years

Stocks finished the month with all three indexes off 6% or more during May. Friday's monthly payrolls data and the lowered expectations following a...

U.S. stocks erase prior session gains

Stocks tumbled more than 1% Wednesday, giving up the prior session's gains, as mounting stresses on Spain's banking system and a retreat in pending...

Stocks rally 1% on Greece, stimulus hopes

Stocks advanced 1% Tuesday after polls showed more Greeks wanted to remain in the euro zone and a combination of weak global data and...

Stocks fall, but up for the week

Stocks fell Friday but managed to remain higher for the first week in four -- as investors worried about signs of distress in Spain,...

Stocks bounce back

Stocks made a late-day reversal Thursday as traders ran with the latest headlines from Europe, including comments that Greece is expected to stay in...

Stocks erase big losses

After nearly a full day in the red, stocks erased most of their losses in the last half hour of trading Wednesday. The Dow...

Dow up, then down

Stocks lost much of their gains Tuesday as the session's end neared, as investors look to the next gathering of European leaders. After a...

Stocks rise despite Facebook defriend trend

Wall Street went joy-riding Monday, even though Facebook stocks have already started hitting potholes. Broadcasters enjoyed going along for the ride, with Cumulus the...

Greece takes the grease out of Facebook stock debut

Nobody knows if Greece will or will not continue using the euro, and the continuing uncertainty about the situation in Europe is creating skittish...

Stocks slide 156 points

Stocks extended their slide Thursday, with the Dow finishing lower for an 11th out of 12 sessions, as investors worried about Greece's troubles spreading...

Greece worries pull down stocks again

Following a positive start, stocks closed in the red for a fourth straight session, as investors weighed strong U.S. economic data against ongoing uncertainty...