Tag: Record

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Weak Housing, Confidence Data Prevent Stocks from Reaching New Closing High

Slow home price growth and a consumer confidence drop lowered stocks today, preventing the S&P 500 from achieving...

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S&P 500 Rises on Pharmaceutical Deal Despite Disappointing Data

New York-area manufacturing data did not live up to forecasts, but a $25 billion deal by Actavis Plc...

Best Week of the Year Leaves S&P 500 Near Record High

Confidence in the economy and better-than-expected earnings reports pushed the S&P 500 to its best week of 2014...

Stocks Ascend on World Bank Forecast

The S&P 500 rose to erase losses incurred at the start of 2014, thanks to a bank rally...

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S&P 500 Extends Record as Yellen Signals Stimulus Support

U.S. stocks rose today to extend records for benchmark indexes, as Janet Yellen, the nominee to become chairman...