Stocks end wild week in the green as Dow, S&P 500 log 3rd straight weekly gain
U.S. stock indexes finished higher on Friday with...
U.S. stock indexes finished higher on Fridaywith the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 closing out their third winning week in a row, bolstered by better-than-expected earnings from megacap technology companies and hopes that the Federal Reserve will tame inflation by hiking interest rates aggressively without causing a recession. The Dow IndustrialsDJIA rose 176 points, or 0.5%, to end at 35,459, posting a weekly gain of 0.7%. The S&P 500 SPX advanced 1%, while the Nasdaq Composite COMP rose over 2% for the week, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
According to the European Commission, the funding will contribute to the security and diversification of energy supplies in Germany in a bid to help end dependence on Russian fossil fuels, in line with the bloc’s REPowerEU Plan. “The new LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel will improve gas supply and infrastructure in Germany,” EU State Aid Chief Margrethe Vestager said on Wednesday.
The European Central Bank took its cue from the Fed and raised interest rates to a 23-year high. Investors...
The European Central Bank took its cue from the Fed and raised interest rates to a 23-year high. Investors think it could be the ECB’s last rate hike this cycle.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline in the mid-Atlantic, was given the green light to proceed by the Supreme Court. It’s a controversial project that was a bargaining chip during debt-ceiling discussions.
Bud Light parent Anheuser-Busch said it will lay off about 350 employees amid a rough stretch for the brand.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans have developed an allergy to red meat because of a syndrome sparked by tick bites, according to new research from the CDC.
Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan was disqualified from the world championships for refusing to shake her Russian competitor’s hand following a match that Kharlan won.
Stat: Welp—cheap gas prices were fun while they lasted
The average price for a gallon in the US rose to an ...
The average price for a gallon in the US rose to an eight-month high yesterday of $3.71, per AAA. While that’s far below last summer’s peak of $5.02 per gallon, gas prices have been creeping up due to refineries going offline unexpectedly and higher demand for oil at a time when supply isn’t there to meet it. Bloomberg Opinion’s oil guru, Javier Blas, notes that global oil consumption has likely reached a record high.
Forty percent of the US population was under a heat advisory yesterday as dangerous temps move East and...
Forty percent of the US population was under a heat advisory yesterday as dangerous temps move East and roast the heavily populated I-95 corridor (hello from sweaty Brew HQ). Phoenix, AZ, can sympathize: Wednesday marked the 27th day in a row that temps reached 110 degrees.