U.S. stocks open mostly lower as investors weigh jobless claims report
U.S. stocks opened mixed Thursday as investors weighed economic data showing initial jobless claims rose...
U.S. stocks opened mixed Thursday as investors weighed economic data showing initial jobless claims rose slightly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.42% was up 0.1% soon after the opening bell, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.63% slipped less than 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.95% fell 0.2%, according to FactSet data, at last check. The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in the week ended Sept. 17 rose by 5,000 to 213,000, according to a report from the Labor Department Thursday. Still, new jobless claims are quite low and the labor market remains strong even as the U.S. economy slows.
The crypto bear market will continue if bitcoin confirms its recent breakdown below $20,000,...
The crypto bear market will continue if bitcoin confirms its recent breakdown below $20,000, Fairlead's Katie Stockton said. The technical analysis-based research firm said that secondary support for bitcoin stands at $13,900, and short-term momentum has shifted negatively. Dig into the numbers.
Everything from mortgage rates to credit-card payments are now more expensive after...
Everything from mortgage rates to credit-card payments are now more expensive after the Fed made its third 75-basis-point hike in a row Wednesday, confirming that 0.75 is indeed the new 0.25, which was once the standard increment.
As rapid as the Fed has raised interest rates in 2022, policymakers could do the exact opposite in 2023, JPMorgan's quant guru, Marko Kolanovic, wrote in a note this week.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory build of 1.1 million barrels for the week to September 16.
For the previous week, the EIA had estimated an inventory build of a considerable 8.8 million barrels. A day before this week’s EIA report, the American Petroleum Institute estimated a crude oil stock build of just over 1 million barrels, with builds estimated in fuels as well.
The EIA reported a build of 1.6 million barrels for gasoline inventories, estimating production at some 9.5 million bpd last week. This is compared with an inventory draw of 1.8 million barrels for the previous week, and a production rate of 9.5 million bpd.
