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So-so results by chipmaking giant Broadcom (AVGO) threw a wet blanket on the current stock market. But strength in Home Depot (HD) and other steady consumer-spending-oriented blue chips helped contain losses in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. And in the fin…

U.S. stocks tracked declines in overseas markets after weak data out of China stoked fears of an economic slowdown in the worlds second-largest economy. Chipmakers broadly declined following a disappointing outlook from Broadcom (AVGO). The S&P 500 (^GSP…

In brief: China opens Nasdaq-style exchange for tech companies

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China announced on Thursday the formation of a Nasdaq-style tech board, the Star Market, based in Shanghai. China’s top securities regulator Yi Huiman announced the new market at a financial forum in the city. Reporting by Li Zheng Sh…

Oil futures sank 4 per cent on Wednesday amid higher U.S. crude inventories and a bleaker demand outlook, while uncertainty over the U.S.-China trade war and U.S. economic data weighed on stocks. The dollar index rose as trade tensions and U.S. interest rate…

U.S. stocks extended gains Monday after President Donald Trump decided not to impose tariffs on imports from Mexico, cooling tensions on one front of a multi-pronged trade war. Meanwhile, a slew of newly announced mergers and acquisitions drew investor attent…

A worker checks cannabis plants inside the Tilray factory hothouse in Cantanhede, Portugal, on April 24. RAFAEL MARCHANTE/Reuters Part of cannabis and investing Expand stories Tilray Inc.s stock soared after it signed a deal to merge with its largest sha…

Via Chamber business news! Dreamers, temporary protected status (TPS) recipients and immigration advocacy groups joined Microsoft to celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month by ringing the Nasdaq stock exchange opening bell on June 5, 2019. “We’re excited that yo…

As investors talk themselves — and possibly the Federal Reserve— into another rate cut, there's a sense among stock-market bulls that more prosperous times are ahead. That could mean fresh records in major indices. After all, when Fed Chair Jerome Powell h…

At 9:42 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 183.65 points, or 0.71%, at 25,904.31 and the S&P 500 was up 22.23 points, or 0.78%, at 2,865.72. The Nasdaq Composite was up 77.49 points, or 1.02%, at 7,693.05. The defensive consumer staples sec…