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Stocks drop following poor consumer confidence reading As investors analyzed new economic data in search of hints regarding the rate of monetary policy tightening, U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday, giving up early gains and sliding for a second straight day. To reach 30946.99, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 491.27 points, or 1.6 percent. Earlier

Stock Market declines following massive rally last week U.S. stocks declined on Monday, erasing some of the gains made during a surge last week as expectations for the direction of interest-rate rises by the Federal Reserve softened. Early gains were erased by the S&P 500, which dropped 11.63 points, or 0.3 percent, to close at

After stock rebound week, stock futures are marginally higher Following a significant recovery last week from this year’s sharp declines, U.S. stock futures increased marginally on Monday morning. Wall Street is getting ready to close out the worst first half for equities in decades despite the rebound. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased

Fears about economy is growing as Wall Street’s hiring frenzy eases After a hiring frenzy last year, Wall Street is slowing down due to the growing uncertainty around the U.S. economic future and the ensuing decline in the financial markets. In 2021 and early this year, Wall Street firms, including banks like Citigroup Inc, JPMorgan

Stocks decline as Wall Street’s effort at a rally fails As markets struggled to maintain a recovery from earlier in the day, stocks modestly declined on Wednesday in turbulent trading. Traders also considered remarks made by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who reaffirmed the position of the central bank in battling inflation. In the last