U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as investors grabbed shares beaten down in Tuesday's sell-off and data showed pending home sales rose more than expected.
Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday its U.S. sales rose 22 percent in May for all of its brands from a year earlier and increased its second-quarter North American production plan by 15,000 vehicles.
Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wednesday, recovering from a sell-off in the previous session, as investors awaited monthly data on pending home and auto sales.
Stock index futures rose on Wednesday, recovering from a sell-off in the previous session as investors awaited monthly data on pending home and auto sales.
Stock index futures rose on Wednesday, recovering from a sell-off in the previous session as investors awaited monthly data on pending home and auto sales.
Agricultural Bank of China may struggle to get the kind of valuation it wants as it gears up to launch the world's biggest IPO into a market that has slumped by a fifth in just six weeks.
Asian stocks followed Wall Street down on Wednesday as jitters over the euro zone's debt crisis prompted investors to keep cutting riskier positions, while the euro steadied after hitting a four-year low.
Stocks fell on Tuesday as energy shares slid after the latest failed attempt to halt the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. government announced a criminal probe into the disaster.
Stocks were little changed on Tuesday after data showed manufacturing expanded for a tenth straight month, but worries of wider fallout from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico kept a lid on gains.
Wall Street was little changed in choppy mid-day trading on Tuesday after erasing losses as data showing U.S. manufacturing expanded for a tenth straight month failed to quell fears of a slowing economy.
Wall Street rose on Tuesday as U.S. construction spending recorded its largest monthly increase in nearly 10 years and U.S. manufacturing expanded in for a tenth straight month.
Stocks pared losses and the Dow and the Nasdaq turned positive on Tuesday after a report showed U.S. manufacturing grew more than expected in May.
U.S. stock index futures indicated a drop of more than 1 percent at the open on Tuesday as a slowdown in global manufacturing added to doubts about the pace of an economic recovery.
Dow and S&P index futures indicated a drop of about 1 percent at the open on Tuesday as a slowdown in Asian manufacturing added to doubts about the pace of an economic recovery.
Stock index futures indicated a drop of more than 1 percent at the open on Tuesday as a slowdown in Asian manufacturing added to doubts about the pace of an economic recovery.
Stock index futures pointed to a sharply lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday following a long holiday weekend, as mounting doubts over the pace of the global economic recovery hit stocks worldwide.
World stocks fell on Tuesday and the euro slipped closer to a four-year low against the dollar as expectations that slowing growth in China and the euro zone would hamper the global economic recovery hit risky assets.
The euro and Asian stocks slipped on Tuesday on creeping suspicion that a peak in the recovery has passed and slowing growth in China and Europe in the second half of the year will be obstacles to risky trades.
The euro and Asian stocks slid on Tuesday with creeping suspicion that a peak in the recovery has passed and slowing growth in China and Europe in the second half of the year will be obstacles to risky trades.
The euro steadied from recent falls and world stocks were becalmed on Monday with a Chinese warning about risks to global growth and a downgrade of Spain's credit heightening investor caution in holiday-thinned trade.
Stocks fell on Friday, capping off their worst month in over a year as a downgrade by Fitch of Spain's credit rating reignited worries about euro-zone debt issues.
Stocks ended lower on Friday, capping off their worst month in over a year as a downgrade by Fitch Ratings of Spain's credit rating reignited worries about euro-zone debt issues.
Stocks fell 1 percent on Friday, extending earlier losses as a downgrade by Fitch Ratings of Spain's credit rating reignited worries about euro-zone debt issues.
Stocks fell on Friday as data showed consumer spending was unexpectedly flat last month and growth of U.S. Midwest business activity slowed more than expected.
Stocks were set for a flat open on Friday as upbeat news from Apple, a technology and retail bellwether, was offset by unexpectedly flat April consumer spending data.
Stock index futures rose on Friday ahead of data on business conditions and consumer sentiment as investors steered toward a three-day holiday weekend.
Stock index futures edged higher on Friday, tracking global stocks, as beaten-down shares continued to entice investors and fears about euro-zone debt receded.
Asian stocks bolted on Friday posting their third straight day of gains after China's pledge to remain invested in Europe boosted confidence, but the euro dipped after rebounding from near four-year lows the previous day.
Wall Street has long seen sense in Walt Disney Co selling or spinning off ABC, the low-rated TV network and the one piece that does not seem to fit well with the entire entertainment empire.
Stocks rallied on Thursday as investor worry was eased after China refuted a report that it was reviewing its euro-zone bond holdings due to the region's debt crisis.
