Text size Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images It’s like the bear market never happened. And maybe just did that. The stock market had another good week, with the S&P 500 index ending 0.6% to 3372.85; the Dow Jones industrial average rose 497.54 points, or 1.8%, to 27,931.02; and the …
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Text size Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images It’s like the bear market never happened. And maybe just did that. The stock market had another good week, with the S&P 500 index ending 0.6% to 3372.85; the Dow Jones industrial average rose 497.54 points, or 1.8%, to 27,931.02; and the …
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Nvidia Corp.’s forthcoming sales report promises to start in an era of first for the chip business, the most important of which formally forgets its past reputation as primarily a gaming card company and fully embraces its role in shaping data centers. Nvidia NVDA, + 1.05% is scheduled to report …
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Text size Chinese retail sales fell unexpectedly in July. Getty Images The S&P 500 closed Friday almost unchanged, as investors mixed data weighing on consumer confidence and retail sales against an upcoming trade meeting between Chinese and U.S. officials. While headline U.S. retail sales figures missed forecasts, with a monthly …
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Gold futures led lower Friday, pulling back to two straight days of gains, with prices ready to record their first weekly loss in 10 weeks on the back of recent strength in U.S. Treasury yields. The week began with gold trading in record highs, but will end with “several factors …
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