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NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose slightly on Friday, with small-cap stocks outperforming the three main indexes, as ...

Investors braced for a key monthly jobs report, with the Middle East crisis and a return to work at US ports also in high ...

The S&P 500 added 0.9% on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, as strong September jobs data signaled resilience in the labor market.

The blue-chip Dow jumped 341.16 points, or 0.8%, to 42,352.75, eclipsing its previous high of 42,330.15 on Monday. The S&P ...

The September job report "should put to rest – at least for the next month – the idea that the economy is about to fall off a ...

U.S. stocks ended higher Friday after a stronger-than-expected jobs report, with the S&P 500 picking up steam in late afternoon trading to eke out a weekly gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose ...

The S&P 500 was up 0.8% as it neared the closing bell on Friday, putting the widely followed U.S. stocks benchmark in positive territory for the week. In the final stretch of trading Friday, the S&P ...

"EPS could double to $400 by the end of the decade in our Roaring 2020s scenario," Ed Yardeni said in a recent note.

The trading week was ending with investors digesting the strong September jobs report, a selloff in the bond market, the end of a port strike, and still-rising oil prices after Iran's missile attack ...

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose slightly on Friday, with small-cap stocks outperforming the three main indexes, as data eased ...