The Dow Jones Industrial Average needs to rise nearly 20% to hit a new milestone. That doesn’t seem likely next year. But ...

Friday could see a surge in trading activity due to triple witch option expirations and S&P index rebalance trades, NYSE's ...

Markets took a breather on Friday, with stock futures little changed in premarket trading after rallying to record highs ...

Investors poured $33.8 billion into U.S. stocks in the past week, with funds collecting the third-largest weekly haul since ...

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On Thursday, the S&P 500 closed above 5,700 for the first time, while the Dow jumped above the 42,000 level. Here's what CNBC ...

Indexes rose Thursday as investors digested Wednesday's jumbo rate cut from the Fed and a fall in weekly jobless claims.

The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) fell roughly 0.2% after the benchmark index ended at an all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Wall Street hit the brakes on its post-Fed rally to start a triple-witching Friday session. The Dow was down 46 points, or 0.1%, while the S&P 500 was down 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.1%.

Stocks looked set to tick lower on Friday, with S&P 500 and Dow futures pointing to both gauges edging away from the record levels they'd set in the previous trading session.

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The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) climbed roughly 1.7%, while the Dow rose more than 1.2%, with both indexes trading at record highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC) led the gains, up roughly 2.5%.