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Monday got the week off to a rough start as US-Iran tensions flared back up, sending oil higher and bond yields soaring ahead of a data-heavy stretch. The Dow dropped 0.7%, the S&P 500 slid 0.8%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.9%. The spark was President Trump rejecting Tehran's proposal to r...

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Friday brought a solid finish to a choppy week as investors weighed the crosscurrents of falling oil and rising bond yields. The Dow gained 0.9% to snap a three-week losing streak, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each rose about 0.5%, locking in weekly wins for all three. The bond sell-...

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Thursday was a tug-of-war on Wall Street, but investors ultimately bought the dip as renewed hopes for a Strait of Hormuz deal outweighed sticky inflation fears and a brutal bond sell-off that pushed the 10-year yield to its highest level since 2007 and the 30-year to its highest sin...

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Wednesday was a rough day on Wall Street as surging Treasury yields and rising oil prices rattled investors across all three major indices. The Dow dropped 0.7%, the S&P 500 fell 0.8%, and the Nasdaq shed 1.1%, snapping its back-to-back record-high streak. The 10-year Treasury yield ...

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Tuesday was a relatively quiet session on Wall Street, with the Nasdaq Composite notching its second straight record close — up 0.6% — while the S&P 500 edged slightly higher and the Dow dipped 0.1%. The muted action came as oil prices fell again and investors kept their eyes on Wash...

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Stocks kicked off the week in full risk-on mode Monday, with the Nasdaq surging 2.3% to a new all-time high, the S&P 500 gaining 1.5%, and the Dow rising 0.7% after three straight weekly losses. The mood shifted as oil prices retreated below $100 on hopes that US-Iran diplomatic talk...

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Stocks limped into the weekend on Friday as markets digested the Fed's first rate hike in three years and growing unease around artificial intelligence's long-term potential. The Nasdaq edged up 0.4%, the S&P 500 gained 0.2%, and the Dow slipped 0.2%, finishing the week down more tha...

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US stocks bounced back Thursday as falling oil prices and some cooler heads on Wall Street helped investors shake off the prior session's Fed-driven selloff. The Dow gained 0.6%, the S&P 500 climbed 1.1%, and the Nasdaq led the way with a 1.7% jump as tech stocks staged a strong reco...

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The Federal Reserve delivered a unanimous 25-basis-point rate hike Wednesday, pushing its target range to 3.75%–4%, and stocks couldn't hold it together. The Dow dropped over 700 points, or 1.6%, while the S&P 500 slid 0.5% and the Nasdaq finished little changed. Markets actually cau...

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US stocks fell for a second straight session Tuesday as investors kept one eye on the Fed's Wednesday rate decision and the other on the ongoing AI safety debate sparked by Anthropic's Dario Amodei. The Nasdaq dropped 0.8%, the Dow slid 0.7%, and the S&P 500 fell more than 0.4%, with...

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US stocks fell Monday but recovered a chunk of their early losses as the session wore on, with the Dow sliding 0.3% and both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 dropping around 0.5% — though the Nasdaq had been down as much as 1.5% before Big Tech stepped in to cushion the blow. The selling w...

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US stocks dropped for a fourth straight session Thursday as surging oil prices and climbing Treasury yields kept the pressure on, with the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq each falling around 0.6%. Wholesale inflation added to the unease, with the Producer Price Index rising 5.4% year-over-y...