financial market

Commentary Last week, the Chinese stock market plummeted; the Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP) dropped below 3,000 points, a mark of psychological significance. This happened against the backdrop of a “market ...

LONDON—The European Union can't decide about granting the United Kingdom access to the bloc’s financial market, even though ...

Commentary Is the CCP virus to blame for the financial markets' crash? Yes, it is ... and no, ...

As China heads into the lunar New Year holiday break, its financial markets are trending higher.

Following the end of World War II, the United States dominated global economics. But steadily this primacy declined...

NEW YORK—A surge in oil and gas companies pulled the stock market out of a five-day slump on ...

U.S. stocks ended a strong 2014 with moderate declines Wednesday.

Can the U.S. hold everyone else above water? That is the question investors are asking as Wall Street ...

The U.S. stock market ended slightly lower Tuesday, avoiding the sharp declines in Europe and Asia thanks to ...

U.S. stocks moved lower Thursday after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi hinted that the bank is ready ...

A batch of good news on the economy Wednesday pushed the stock market to new highs.

NEW YORK—U.S. stocks were little changed on Wednesday, keeping the major indexes near record levels, as investors assessed ...

A slump in energy prices pushed the stock market back from record levels on Tuesday.

US stocks rebounded Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index back into ...

U.S. stock indexes inched lower in afternoon trading Wednesday, ahead of the release of minutes from the Federal ...

Investors remained in a record-setting mood Tuesday, edging the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 ...

Stocks moved higher in late afternoon trading Tuesday, on track to deliver a record-high close for the Dow ...

Something about the deal smelled fishy.

Stocks wavered between small gains and losses on Thursday to close little changed as traders weighed generally strong ...

US stocks wavered between small gains and losses in afternoon trading Thursday amid generally positive corporate earnings results.

Big banks weighed on the stock market Wednesday, tugging major indexes back from record highs.

For stock investors, there was no shortage of drama in October.

Major U.S. stock indexes slipped in afternoon trading Wednesday as investors waited for word from the Federal Reserve ...

U.S. stocks rose Tuesday after a key index tracking consumer confidence surged and several big companies reported earnings. ...

Soaring inflation. A collapsing dollar. Bubbles in financial markets that would soon pop. One presidential candidate even suggested ...

Sometimes a little fear is healthy for stock investors.

New federal Ebola response squads — likened to public health SWAT teams — are being readied to rush ...