08:29 ET – US benchmark oil prices surge 2.6% higher to a fresh 12-week-high of $36.36/bbl early in NY. Investors have essentially turned what was bearish […]

(For a live blog on the U.S. stock market, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Target, Walmart shut stores as protests turn violent […]

Wall Street welcomes gradual recovery in economic activity The New York Stock Exchange rose sharply on Tuesday, showing optimism about the gradual resumption of economic activity, […]

(Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 closing above 3,000 for the first time since March 5, as the further easing of […]

Spartan Capital’s Peter Cardillo says the massive amounts of liquidity pumped in by central banks will keep boosting stocks even though the outlook for earnings and […]

Stocks are rallying as investors focus on reopenings across the country, hints that the U.S. is considering cash incentives to get people back to work, and news of […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Unthinkable just two months ago as the world economy shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. stock benchmark S&P […]