Stocks snapped their three-day losing streak yesterday, but a flat session in the Nasdaq, combined with lower volume across the board, made for an uneventful session. The major indices opened near the flat line, moved higher in the first hour of trading, then chopped around in a sideways range thr ... Read more

Last Friday's session was rather uneventful, as traders showed little commitment to either side of the market ahead of the holiday weekend. Stocks opened near the flat line, traded in a very tight, sideways range throughout the day, then finished modestly lower. The S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, ... Read more

Yesterday's session was a roller coaster ride that equally kept bulls and bears on their toes, but the sellers gained the upper hand by the close. Stocks opened lower, promptly reversed sharply higher, whipped around in a wide range throughout most of the afternoon, then plunged in the final thirt ... Read more

Not surprisingly, resistance of the S&P 500's February highs triggered a broad-based sell-off yesterday, causing the major indices to register their largest losses in weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 3.6%, the Nasdaq Composite 3.9%, and the S&P 500 4.3%. The small-cap Russel ... Read more

The major indices wrapped up the week by drifting in a tight, sideways range throughout last Friday's session, before settling modestly higher. The S&P 500 advanced 0.5%, the Nasdaq Composite 0.2%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.1%. Small and mid-cap stocks, sectors that often outperfo ... Read more

As anticipated, the S&P 500's touch of its 50-day moving average in the previous session gave the broad market a convenient reason to pause yesterday, but the moderate losses occurred on lighter volume. Stocks initially gapped to open near the prior day's highs, but drifted back down throughou ... Read more

Stocks logged their sixth day of gains within the past seven sessions yesterday, as market participants reacted favorably to the Fed announcement they would begin buying long-term treasury bonds. The major indices initially got off to a lower start, but again demonstrated their newfound resiliency ... Read more

Following a somewhat similar pattern as the previous day's session, the major indices drifted lower in the morning, reversed to new intraday highs in the early afternoon, then fell back to their session lows in the final minutes of trading. Volatility was a bit lower than during last Friday's whip ... Read more

It was a wild day on Wall Street yesterday, as the main stock market indexes swung in a massive intraday range of 11% before posting some of their best gains of the year. After a brief morning rally attempt failed, stocks began drifting lower at mid-day, then nosedived after most of the major indi ... Read more