Shaking off the previous day's correction, the major indices snapped back to recover most of Wednesday's losses. The broad market opened slightly higher, drifted lower in the early going, then reversed to grind higher throughout the rest of the day. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.3%, the S&P 500 1 ... Read more

Stocks whipsawed their way through a volatile, indecisive session yesterday, before finishing solidly higher across the board. The ongoing tug-of-war between the bulls and bears caused the main stock market indexes to oscillate in wide ranges of 1% - 2% throughout the first half of the day. In the ... Read more

After gapping higher on the open, stocks initially trended higher throughout the first hour of trading, but the bulls relinquished control shortly thereafter. Equities reversed course later in the morning, drifting back to the flat line by mid-day, then making another leg down, into negative terr ... Read more

Stocks snapped back from last week's losses, enabling the Nasdaq to zoom back above its 200-day moving average, but volume dwindled to its slowest pace in weeks. After gapping higher on the open, and subsequently showing early weakness, the main stock market indexes settled into a steady uptrend t ... Read more

After opening near the flat line, stocks attempted to rally last Friday morning, but reversed into negative territory by mid-day. The major indices drifted in a sideways range throughout the afternoon, finishing the day with moderate losses. The Nasdaq Composite declined 0.5%, the Dow Jones Indust ... Read more

After more than a week of chopping around near its 200-day moving average, the Nasdaq finally decided way it wanted to go. Not surprisingly, the rest of the main stock market indexes fell alongside of it. Despite an upside reversal attempt the previous afternoon, stocks gapped down to open yester ... Read more

Stocks chopped around in indecisive fashion yesterday, but eventually closed higher across the board. Showing considerable relative weakness for a change, the Nasdaq Composite was down 1.4% at its intraday low, but the index recovered to finish 0.3% higher. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Ave ... Read more

The main stock market indexes followed up Monday's strong session with a modest, broad-based pullback, but an extremely narrow trading range showed a lack of decisiveness in either direction. Stocks drifted lower in the morning, moved in a tight, sideways range throughout most of the day, then ti ... Read more