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Wall St opens higher as tech stocks gain; investors weigh Middle East conflict

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Mar 16) with shares of Meta among the top gainers after a report said the megacap was prepping for sweeping AI-related layoffs, even as e...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 11.4 points, or 0.02 per cent, at the open to 46,689.24.

Wall St opens mixed as investors weigh data, Middle East war

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened mixed on Friday (Mar 13), after sharp losses in the previous session, while investors assessed a set of economic data releases to gauge the interest ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 174.7 points, or 0.37 per cent, at the open to 47,242.52.

Wall St opens lower as Middle East tensions lift oil prices to US$100

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Mar 12) as oil prices surged to nearly US$100 a barrel, fanning inflation worries and forcing traders to dial back expectations of US in...

At 10:20 am ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 212.58 points, or 0.45%, to 47,493.93.

Wall Street mixed as investors assess IEA announcement, inflation data 

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes were mixed on Wednesday (Mar 11) as investors assessed a key inflation report and the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) decision to release an unprecedented amo...

At 09.51 am ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 390.80 points, or 0.83%.

Wall Street edges lower as investors weigh Middle East war risks

The tech-led recovery in the prior session helps the Nasdaq recover all weekly losses

The S&P 500 gained 8.59 points, or 0.12%, to 6,825.22.

S&P 500 edges up after report of Iran’s secret outreach to US

[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 edged higher in choppy trading on Wednesday (Mar 4) as investors weighed a report that Iranian operatives secretively reached out to the US to pursue talks to end the conflict, ...

Are the market gains seen in February built on durable fundamentals or, to borrow a famous phrase from former US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, on “irrational exuberance"?
THINKING ALOUD

Dow at 50,000, STI at 5,000, Singtel at S$5 – what’s next?

Bullish investors beware: record highs and the breaching of psychological barriers tend to lead to an underpricing of risk

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 183.5 points, or 0.37 per cent, at the open to 48,794.42.

Wall St opens lower on fears of protracted Middle East conflict

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Monday (Mar 2) as investors braced for a prolonged Middle East conflict that threatened to disrupt global trade routes and reignite inflationary p...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 183.1 points, or 0.37 per cent, at the open to 49,357.63.

Wall St opens higher in run-up to Nvidia earnings as AI worries abate

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Feb 25) after volatile sessions earlier this week as investors assessed risks to the AI trade and growing tariff doubts heading into N...

The S&P 500 lost 4.18 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 6,832.89 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 2.66 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 22,635.01.

Wall St muted after Anthropic announces new AI tools

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes were subdued on Tuesday (Feb 24) as investors assessed Anthropic’s announcement of new AI tools, including plug-ins that could help with investment banking tasks,...