Investors are measuring a number of headwinds and increasingly playing it safe.
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Tech, bank stocks help end market’s 5-day losing streak
Health care, industrial and energy stocks also rise, helping to lift Wall Street.
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After losing streak, stocks climb on solid earnings
In the last two weeks, there have been two separate six-day losing streaks, and the slump erased the benchmark indexes’ gains from earlier in the year.
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Stocks surge, recovering some recent losses; Dow climbs 547
Strong earnings from major financial and health care companies propel stocks Tuesday.
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U.S. stocks break four-day losing skid
Apple and Amazon lead the U.S. stock market to small gains, and they are expected to keep climbing.
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Dow, S&P 500 set records as U.S. economy keeps zooming along
Reflecting the rising markets, the Fed says the value of Americans’ stock and mutual fund portfolios rose $800 billion last quarter.
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Falling price of oil felt as markets slide after modest winning streak
Big dividend payers and industrial companies also slip Wednesday.
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Strong earnings reports send U.S. stocks to fourth straight day of gains
Corporate profit and revenue growth have nudged aside investor worries over trade tensions.
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Technology firms, earnings reports fuel strong day for stocks
Several indexes rise 1 percent or more as first-quarter results for Facebook and others please investors.
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Feeling whiplash? You must be following the stock market
Even daily swings are becoming commonplace in a market whose wild volatility seems to be the new normal.