Stocks were slightly higher in afternoon trading Thursday as the market looks to add to its gains from earlier in the week.
According to the latest Labor Department data, weekly jobless claims fell to 219,000 compared with expectations of 223,000.
The lull between Christmas and New Year looks to be infecting the stock market, with futures pointing to losses at the open.
Buyers mostly stayed in bed during the first 2-1/2 hours of the stock market today after the Christmas holiday. Financial, ...
Stocks are edging lower in the early going on Wall Street as U.S. markets reopen for trading after the Christmas holiday. The ...
Stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street as some heavyweight technology and communications sector stocks offset ...
Indexes remain on course for robust full-year gains; auto stocks lift Japan’s Nikkei 225.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major indexes were lower Thursday, as Wall Street reacted to better-than-expected weekly unemployment data. An early name to watch on the stock market today ...