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Wall Street drifted ahead of reports on inflation and big retailers’ profits.

Wall Street fell Thursday after the bond market cranked up the pressure again.

Wall Street inched up Wednesday to extend its winning streak to 8 days as oil fell again.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks ticked higher Tuesday as Wall Street continues to absorb the big swings that have shaken financial markets recently. The S&P 500 rose 12.40 points, […]

Wall Street drifted to a mixed and quiet finish Monday following last week’s big swings.

Wall Street closed its best week of the year on Friday with even more gains. Stocks surged through the week on rising hopes the Federal Reserve is finally done with its market-crunching hikes to interest rates, meant to get inflation under control.

Wall Street leaped toward its best week of 2023 Thursday on hopes for a halt to rate hikes.

Wall Street rallied Wednesday on hopes that the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes are done.

Wall Street rose Tuesday to soften the blow of its third straight losing month. Most stocks ended up climbing after indexes swayed between small gains and losses through the morning, and more than 80% of the stocks in the S&P 500 strengthened.

Wall Street recovered some losses Monday after falling 10% below its summertime high.

More drops for Big Tech pulled Wall Street nearly 10% below its summertime high on Thursday. Meta Platforms was among the market’s heaviest weights and tumbled 3.7% even though the parent company of Facebook and Instagram reported fatter profit and revenue for the summer than analysts expected.

Another sharp drop on Wednesday dumped Wall Street back to where it was in May. Some of the heaviest losses hit Big Tech stocks.

Wall Street rose Tuesday after corporate profits topped forecasts and oil prices sunk more.

Wall Street swung to a mixed finish Monday as yields veered in the bond market.

Wall Street’s worst week in a month closed out Friday with more losses.

Wall Street fell Thursday after 10-year yields climb to the cusp of 5%. Stocks felt pressure from the bond market, where rapidly rising yields have been squeezing Wall Street since the summer.

Wall Street dropped Wednesday following profit reports, and oil prices jumped on war worries.

Wall Street drifted and yields rose Tuesday as U.S. shoppers show they’re still spending.

Wall Street rose Monday, and oil and gold fell as some of last week’s moves unwind.

Wall Street struggled Friday as war worries collided with hope for stronger profits.

Wall Street fell Thursday as the vise tightened from rising yields in the bond market.

Wall Street ticked higher after the first of two big updates on inflation this week.

Wall Street rose Tuesday as pressure relaxed from the bond market. It was the first opportunity for yields to move since the weekend’s surprise attack by Hamas on Israel injected caution into global markets.

Oil prices climbed Monday following the latest Gaza war, but stocks rise with rate hopes.

Wall Street edged lower Thursday ahead of a highly anticipated jobs report.

Wall Street rose Wednesday after getting some relief from the bond market and oil prices.

Wall Street buckled under higher bond yields as the Dow wiped out its gain for the year.

Most of Wall Street slipped Monday as the bond market cranked up the pressure. Slumps for oil-and-gas stocks weighed on the market after crude prices gave back some of the sharp gains made since the summer. The majority of stocks fell alongside them, with more than three quarters of those within the S&P 500 sinking, but gains for Apple and other influential Big Tech stocks helped support indexes.

Wall Street wrapped up its miserable September with another weak finish on Friday.

Wall Street moved higher Thursday as pressure eased from the bond and oil markets. A drop in oil prices took some heat off the stock market, a day after crude reached its highest price of the year. Treasury yields also relaxed to give the stock market more of a breather, particularly Big Tech companies.

Wall Street bounced up and down to a mixed close Wednesday. September is on track to be the S&P 500’s worst month of the year as the stock market tries to absorb a leap by Treasury yields to heights unseen in more than a decade. High yields mean bonds are paying more in interest, which makes investors less willing to pay high prices for stocks and other riskier investments.

Wall Street fell sharply Tuesday as its September slump gets even worse.

Wall Street recouped some of last week’s loss on Monday but is still on pace for an ugly month.

Wall Street’s worst week in six months closed Friday with more losses caused by Wall Street’s growing understanding that interest rates likely won’t come down much anytime soon.

Stocks dropped in an ugly day Thursday as the allure grew to buy a Treasury bill and chill.

Wall Street fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve warns rates may stay higher in 2024.

Wall Street slipped Tuesday s ahead of the Fed decision on rates. Stocks have been see-sawing for weeks on uncertainty about whether the Fed is done with its market-shaking hikes to interest rates.

Wall Street drifted Monday ahead of the Fed’s next meeting on interest rates. Stocks have been see-sawing since early August on uncertainty about whether the Fed is finally done with its drastic hikes to interest rates.

Wall Street climbed Wednesday. Some of the strongest action was in the bond market, where Treasury yields swung up and down several times. While the reports bolstered hopes the U.S. economy will avoid a deep recession, the strength underlying them could also add upward pressure on inflation.

Wall Street churned to a mixed finish Wednesday after release of some highly anticipated inflation data.