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Wall St opens lower; defence firms up as Trump calls for budget boost

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Jan 8), as investors turned cautious ahead of Friday’s crucial nonfarm payrolls report, while defence companies advanced after President...

The S&P 500 fell 0.3 points at the open to 6,945.07​, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.3 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 23,544.894 at the opening bell.

Wall St opens muted after AI-driven rally; labour data in focus

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened muted on Wednesday (Jan 7), as investors took a breather after an AI-driven rally in the previous session, while awaiting a labour market report due later ...

The S&P 500 rose 6.0 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 6,908.03​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 51.1 points, or 0.22 per cent, to 23,446.959.

Wall St opens muted after financials-driven rally

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened subdued on Tuesday (Jan 6), as investors took a breather after the main indexes posted their biggest intraday gains in weeks in the previous session, while...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 93.4 points, or 0.19 per cent, at the open to 48,475.81.

Wall St opens higher on tech rebound; energy stocks jump after Venezuela strike

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Jan 5) as technology stocks recovered and oil companies surged following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by the United...

While chip stocks rallied, several market heavyweights such as Apple and Microsoft fell to keep gains in check on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

US stocks: Dow closes higher on first day of 2026, still no Santa Claus rally

[NEW YORK] The Dow and S&P 500 indices ended higher on Friday (Jan 2), starting 2026 by snapping a four-day losing streak, helped by gains in chipmakers Nvidia, Intel and Boeing

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 42.7 points, or 0.09 per cent, at the open to 48,105.98.

Wall Street opens higher on first trading day of 2026

[WASHINGTON] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on the first trading day of 2026, as risk sentiment improved after multiple sessions in the final days of a roller-coaster 2025 ended in the red.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 27.1 points, or 0.06 per cent, at the open to 48,434.88.

Wall Street opens subdued after tech-led drop halts rally

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened muted on Tuesday (Dec 30), a day after logging their steepest one-day decline in nearly two weeks as technology stocks came under renewed selling pressure.

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 178.4 points, or 0.76 per cent, to 23,414.679 at the opening bell.

Wall St opens lower as rally pauses in final week of 2025

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Monday (Dec 29), as heavyweight technology stocks gave up some ground from last week’s gains which had pushed the S&P 500 to new highs.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7.15 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 48,724.01.

Wall Street little changed in post-Christmas session

[NEW YORK] Wall Street indexes opened nearly flat in light post-Christmas trading on Friday (Dec 26), while investors bet that more interest rate cuts and strong corporate earnings would propel market...

The S&P 500 lost 29.36 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 6,857.45 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 171.04 points, or 0.71 per cent, to 23,485.26.

S&P 500, Nasdaq opens lower on Oracle AI spending jitters

[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Thursday (Dec 11) as fresh worries over Oracle’s hefty AI spending plans overshadow optimism over a less hawkish tone from the Federal Reserve.