(Black Enterprise) — Stocks are set for a modest fall as caution lingers about the health of the economy ahead of reports on private employment and the services industry. A report from payroll company ADP on Wednesday is expected to show private employers modestly ramped up hiring in July. The Institute for Supply Management’s index on […]
(Wall Street Journal) — U.S. stock futures rose on confidence that recent market weakness will dissipate in the face of a wave of earnings as well as merger-and-acquisition speculation. Less than an hour before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 32 points higher at 10091.0 Standard & Poor’s 500-stock futures advanced 3.2 […]
(Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures, yields on 10-year Treasuries and the dollar advanced after employers added the most jobs in three years, boosting optimism that the economic recovery is accelerating. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures expiring in June rose 0.3 percent to 1,177.30 when trading stopped at 9:14 a.m. in New York. U.S. stock exchanges […]