It was a somewhat lackluster session. The major indices mostly traded around their prior closing levels. The Russell 2000 outperformed other indices, settling 0.9% higher, reflecting some speculative ...

The major indices registered gains at the start of this holiday-shortened week. The "Santa Claus rally" period (i.e. the last five trading days of the year and the first two trading days of the new ...

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index dropped to 104.7 in December (Briefing.com consensus 113.5) from an upwardly revised 112.8 (from 111.7) in November. The key takeaway from the report ...

Durable goods orders declined 1.1% month-over-month in November (Briefing.com consensus -0.3%) following an upwardly revised 0.8% increase (from 0.2%) in October. Excluding transportation, durable ...

U.S. Treasuries are on track for a modestly lower start after a subdued night in global markets. The new week began with news that a weekend government shutdown was avoided after Congress passed a ...

Longer-dated U.S. Treasuries continue hovering near their opening levels while shorter tenors have widened their losses, reaching fresh lows in recent action. Treasuries made a brief attempt at a ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+1.48%) holds a narrow lead over the S&P 500 (+1.41%) in the latter stages of Friday's session. Meanwhile, Nike (NKE 76.56, -0.54, -0.7%) slips in the ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market continues to rise, leading the major indices to sport gains ranging from 1.4% to 1.5%. Other names that reported earnings since yesterday's close have garnered positive ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+1.58%) is now in second place with about two hours to go on Friday. Gold futures settled $37 higher (+1.4%) to $2,608.10/oz, ultimately down -1.1% this ...

[BRIEFING.COM] Small and mid cap stocks are coming along for the rally today after suffering outsized declines this week. The Russell 2000 is 1.8% higher today, but 3.6% lower this week. The S&P Mid ...