After gapping higher on the open, stocks continued building on their initial gains through the first half of the day. By early afternoon, the major indices were trading nearly 1% higher, but selling pressure in the final ninety minutes of trading caused the broad market to surrender approximately ... Read more

The Fed, in yesterday's announcement on economic policy, vowed to keep rates low "for an extended period," helping stocks score solid gains across the board. The major indices actually rallied ahead of the afternoon news, showed a bit of volatility immediately thereafter, then cruised hi ... Read more

Throughout the first half of yesterday's session, it looked as though the bears were finally going to have a day in the sun, but the bulls flexed their resilient muscles, enabling stocks to recover and close with mixed results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.2% higher and the S&P 500 ... Read more

Stocks gapped higher on the open, sold off to parity shortly thereafter, then flat-lined through the rest of the day. It was a rather uneventful finish to a solid week of gains. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were unchanged, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1% higher. The ... Read more

Yesterday was a session of divergence among the major indices, as the Nasdaq cruised to a solid gain, but the Dow spun its wheels. Impressively scoring its ninth consecutive gain, the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.8%, and also closed at a fresh 52-week high for the fourth straight day. However, outsid ... Read more

After a day of tight, sideways consolidation, the major indices finished slightly higher yesterday. However, an intraday tug-of-war between the bulls and bears kept traders on their toes, and caused stocks to finish well off their highs. The broad market opened lower, reversed into firmly higher t ... Read more

Stocks followed up the previous day's breakout with a session of extremely tight, sideways trading that ended with mixed results. The Nasdaq Composite ticked 0.3% higher, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%. Contained within a rather narrow trading range of less than five points, the ... Read more

The main stock market indexes continued to consolidate in a tight, sideways range for the third straight day yesterday, as a touch of late-day strength enabled stocks to close moderately higher. The Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones Industrial Average registered matching gains of 0.5%, while the S&a ... Read more

The major indices begrudgingly edged higher in the morning, floated back down in the morning, then closed near the flat line. The uneventful session caused both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to finish unchanged, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%. Maintaining their recent ... Read more

Firmly breaking out above resistance of their 50-day moving averages and the previous week's "swing highs," the major indices kicked off March with a solid session of gains. After gapping higher on the open, stocks continued higher throughout the morning session, then consolidated in a n ... Read more