The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trending up this morning thanks to highly anticipated earnings reports from Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), which is up 3.3% already today.
Dow Jones futures today are up 68 points ahead of trading, but a Republican defector from the Senate's tax cut bill could threaten gains.
The Dow Jones today is down 81 points in pre-market hours as the Senate continues to debate a plan to delay reducing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20% until 2019.
But today's major stock market news focuses on General Electric (NYSE: GE), as the American conglomerate announced it's halving its dividend.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is going to open at another record-high today after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won re-election over the weekend.
Dow Jones futures are up 20 points as Abe's election sets the path for even more stimulus activity in the world's third-largest economy.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is flat this morning as the September FOMC meeting starts today.
Dow Jones futures are up just 15 points ahead of a busy day of earnings reports from firms like Bed Bath & Beyond (Nasdaq: BBBY) and FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX).
by Ashley Moore
The top three stocks to watch today are BA, HAS and AKTX.
Markets are spiking as "Frexit" fears are calmed after the French primary election.
Here's what you need to know this morning...
The Dow Jones news today is highlighted by the first round of the French election and prospects for a big trading day.
The Dow Jones projected a 216 point gain after the anti-EU leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron advanced to the second round of France's election on May 7.
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(Kitco News) – World stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday, in the wake of the downdraft in U.S. equities that saw the biggest losses of 2017 on Tuesday.
U.S. stock indexes are pointed toward slightly lower openings when the New York day session begins.
Gold prices are trading slightly lower Wednesday but did hit a three-week high overnight.
by Ashley Moore
The top three stocks to watch today are TSN, TIF, and HAS.
Early morning trading was spurred by earnings reports, but look for that to change as reports of Brexit effects become more clear.
Here's what you need to know today...
The Dow Jones news today is dominated by a busy schedule of earnings reports and the latest geopolitical battles fought by President Donald Trump and his team.
But Dow futures are trending down ahead of today's open.
by Shah Gilani
The responses to last week's Why Trump's Tax Plan is a Slap in the Face to the Middle Class were incredible and thought-provoking… Many of you agreed with my position, and many didn't, but just about everyone had something useful and intelligent to say.
Today, I'll address a few that left me eager to respond.
Read on to see if yours was one of the comments I singled out…
