S&P 500, Dow Jones, NASDAQ rise ahead of big earnings
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Despite weakness in these two blue chip stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to add 0.4% to 44,502 thanks to gains in health care stocks Merck & Co ( MRK, +2.9%) and Amgen ( AMGN, +3.3%).
US stocks closed mixed Tuesday, but the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) was able to eke out a new record as Wall Street digested a new batch of earnings, including a tariff warning from General Motors (GM),
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U.S. stock futures were little changed Monday night following a winning session for the major averages, as investors await big bank earnings and a key inflation reading. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell by 50 points, or 0.12%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped 0.1% and 0.08%, respectively.
Stocks were taken on a wild ride Wednesday as a White House official indicated to CNBC that Trump was moving closer to firing Powell from his post as Fed Chair.
On Monday, a frenzy of activity in shares of Opendoor Technologies Inc. saw more than 1.8 billion shares of the iBuyer change hands. That was roughly three times the company's public float. Opendoor also accounted for roughly 10% of trading volume in the U.
Stock futures were little changed on Thursday after a batch of earnings and economic reports pushed the S&P 500 to a record close. S&P 500 futures traded at the flatline, while Nasdaq 100 futures inched up 0.01%. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 7 points, or 0.02%.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.5%, rising for an 11th consecutive day. That's the index's longest winning streak since February 2017. The S&P 500 gained 0.4% while the Nasdaq crept up 0.2%.
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