S&P 500 on track to extend winning streak as U.S. stocks post early gains
U.S. stocks opened slightly higher Wednesday, with the S&P...
U.S. stocks opened slightly higher Wednesday, with the S&P 500 attempting to extend its longest winning streak in two years.The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA was up 0.1% soon after the bell, while the S&P 500 SPX rose 0.2% and the Nasdaq CompositeCOMP edged up 0.1%, according to FactSet data, at last check. Stocks have been climbing amid a retreat in interest rates in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was little changed Wednesday morning at around 4.57%, FactSet data show, at last check.
Hamas’s leaders said the group attacked on Oct. 7 because they believed the Palestinian cause was slipping away. “We succeeded in putting the Palestinian issue back on the table,” one told The Times.
Historybook: Astronomer Edmond Halley born (1656); X-rays are discovered (1895); Singer...
Historybook: Astronomer Edmond Halley born (1656); X-rays are discovered (1895); Singer Minnie Riperton born (1947); Edward Brooke becomes first African American since Reconstruction elected to US Senate (1966); "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek dies (2020).
Nature, the scientific journal that published this year’s alleged discovery of a room-temperature superconductor, officially retracted the paper yesterday after months of criticism.
New Delhi will temporarily restrict the use of vehicles to mitigate dangerous air pollution levels in the Indian capital.
Authorities are investigating after a Jewish man was killed during an altercation at dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies near Los Angeles.
US credit card balances have jumped to a record $1.08 trillion, according to the New York Fed.
Benchmark U.S. crude oilfor December delivery fell $3.45to $77.37 per barrel Tuesday. Brent crudefor January delivery fell $3.57to $85.61 per barrel.
Wholesale gasoline for December delivery fell 7 centsto $2.17 a gallon. December heating oilfell 11 centsto $2.84 a gallon. December natural gasfell 12 centsto $3.14 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Crude oil inventories in the United States rose by a staggering...
Crude oil inventories in the United States rose by a staggering 11.9 million barrels for the week ending November 3, according to The American Petroleum Institute (API), after a 1.347-million-barrel rise in crude inventories in the week prior, API data showed.
API data now shows a net build in crude oil inventories in the United States of 10.568 million barrels so far this year.