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How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Sept. 10
U.S. stocks sank after oil prices jumped back to where they were in May. The S&P 500 fell 0.6 percent Thursday, its fourth straight loss. The Dow Jones ...
09-10-2026
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Sept. 9
Stocks fell on Wall Street as the price of crude oil topped $100 a barrel again. The S&P 500 lost 0.5 percent Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...
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How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Sept. 8
U.S. stocks drifted lower in their return to trading from a three-day weekend after the latest fighting in the war with Iran pushed oil prices higher. The S&P ...
09-8-2026
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Sept. 4
Stocks fell on Wall Street and Treasury yields rose after a surprisingly strong report on the job market appeared to increase chances that the U.S. central bank could ...
09-4-2026
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Sept. 2
Stocks rose on Wall Street as gains by big technology companies and relatively steady oil prices and bond yields helped boost the market after a downbeat start to ...
09-2-2026
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How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Sept. 1
Stocks fell on Wall Street as another round of U.S. military strikes on Iran sent oil prices higher, stoking worries about stubbornly high inflation. Bond yields moved higher, ...
09-1-2026
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Aug. 31
Oil prices rose and U.S. stocks fell after American forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first military action in a month. Brent ...
08-31-2026
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Aug. 28
The bond market swung as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, ...
08-28-2026
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Aug. 27
Technology stocks led Wall Street after Nvidia, Salesforce and others reported fatter profits for the spring than expected. The S&P 500 rose 0.7 percent Thursday and pulled closer ...
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How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Aug. 26
The U.S. stock market drifted through a quiet day of trading after a report said inflation last month was a touch worse than economists expected. The S&P 500 ...
08-26-2026
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Aug. 25
Oil prices fell again, which helped ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices. The S&P 500 rose 0.3 percent Tuesday and edged closer to its ...
08-25-2026
US Leveraged Single-Stock ETF Boom May Be Cooling
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08-25-2026
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Aug. 24
U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish as the countdown ticks toward potentially market-moving events coming later in the week. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3 percent Monday and ...
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08-24-2026
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Aug. 21
U.S. stocks rose and trimmed their losses from a shaky week. That’s even though the bond market, which has been the center of Wall Street’s action, remained jumpy ...
08-21-2026
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Aug. 20
The relief that swept the bond market just a day earlier disappeared as oil prices, worries about high inflation and the U.S. government’s debt kept rising. That helped ...
08-20-2026