According to the latest Labor Department data, weekly jobless claims fell to 219,000 compared with expectations of 223,000.
The stock erased early mild losses after the Christmas midweek holiday. Boeing shares have made five-month highs.
Stocks were slightly higher in afternoon trading Thursday as the market looks to add to its gains from earlier in the week.
The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech, which got even bigger as their stock prices kept growing. But it ...
Stocks are drifting higher on Wall Street in light trading as U.S. markets reopen following the Christmas holiday.
As of 10:45 a.m., markets appear headed to break their recent winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has seen 5 ...
Over time, dividend stocks have shown consistent resilience in difficult market conditions. Despite the recent focus on AI, ...
Major indexes traded lower in their first post-Christmas Day session, while a recent bond-market selloff deepened.
S&P 500 erases December loss in preholiday bounce It's all on Santa's shoulders. The kickoff of the "Santa Claus rally" period in Tuesday's holiday-shortened trading session saw the S&P 500 SPX jump 1 ...