First Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Exchanged in Gaza Cease-Fire
Hours after three Israeli women were released from captivity...
Hours after three Israeli women were released from captivity in Gaza on Sunday, roughly 90 Palestinian prisoners were freed, Israel’s prison service said in a statement early Monday morning, as a long-awaited cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas went into effect. The truce prompted celebrations in Gaza, relief for families and hope for an end to a devastating 15-month war.
Al Jazeera, the Qatar-funded Arabic broadcaster, streamed footage of Red Cross buses ferrying prisoners out of Ofer prison near Jerusalem after midnight on Monday.
A polar vortex is forecasted to blanket most of the continental United...
A polar vortex is forecasted to blanket most of the continental United States in the coming week, with parts of the Deep South expected to see freezing temperatures.
Nearly 300 million Americans are expected to experience a harsh arctic blast that will bring snow and freezing temperatures, according to the National Weather Service. In a tweet from the service, the strong cold front will bring rain and snow showers in the Great Lakes and dangerously cold wind chills in the Deep South.
Prices fell on Friday but closed up for the week. What prompted the fall...
Prices fell on Friday but closed up for the week. What prompted the fall in oil prices for Friday? The U.S. sanctions against Russia left supplies tight in Europe, India and China and left investors and traders worried about supply disruptions.
West Texas Intermediate crudedropped 80 cents or 1% to close at $77.88 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Despite the Friday fall, WTI still finished up 1.7% for the week.
Brent crude, the global benchmark,slipped 50 cents or 0.6% and finished at $80.79 per barrel. It too closed the week up 1.3%.
Natural gas dropped 31 cents for a 7.28% loss to $3.95.
Stocks end higher as S&P 500 posts big weekly rally ahead of Trump inauguration
U.S. stocks ended up Friday, the last day of trading...
U.S. stocks ended up Friday, the last day of trading under U.S. President Joe Biden, as investors headed into a three-day weekend that will see Donald Trump inaugurated Monday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 334.70 points, or 0.8%, to close at 43,487.83.
The S&P 500 rose 59.32 points, or a sharp 1%, to finish at 5,996.66.
The Nasdaq Composite rallied 291.91 points, or 1.5%, to end at 19,630.20.
For the week, all three indexes booked gains as investors appeared relieved by a retreat in Treasury yields. The Dow booked a 3.7% weekly gain, while S&P 500 climbed 2.9% and the technology-heavy Nasdaq advanced 2.4%, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The Dow and S&P 500 each had their best week since early November, when Trump’s victory in the U.S. election sparked a strong rally.
In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell 16.1 basis points this week to 4.610%, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Mondayin honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Talos Energy has discovered "commercial quantities" of oil and natural...
Talos Energy has discovered "commercial quantities" of oil and natural gas reserves at its Katmai West No. 2 well in the Gulf of Mexico. The well, drilled with the Seadrill West Vela drillship, is expected to yield 15,000 to 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Talos plans to complete the well in the second quarter, following casing and suspension by late January.
