Global stocks edge higher as Wall Street takes a holiday

Global stock indexes are mostly moderately higher in quiet holiday trading on Good Friday......»»

U.S. stocks were higher at the start of Wednesday as Wall Street aimed to score another round of records in the holiday-shortened week The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 98 points, or 0.3%, to 30,434. The S&P 500 added 0.4% to 3,741. The Nas.....»»

Asian equity markets were poised to edge higher on Thursday after rebounding crude prices and the promise of more U.S. government aid to ease the economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus crisis helped calm global equity markets......»»

The dollar gained on Wednesday as improving economic data squashed the likelihood of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in 2020, while global equity markets extended a rally that again pushed key indices on Wall Street to record highs......»»

Oil prices and a gauge of global stock markets edged higher on Tuesday, lifted by fresh record highs on Wall Street after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States and China were close to agreeing on the first phase of a trade deal......»»

Asian shares eked out cautious gains on Wednesday, as higher Wall Street futures provided some relief after an overnight U.S. selloff, though deeper worries about the global economy and trade continue to weigh on market sentiment......»»

Stocks around the world edged higher on Friday on robust earnings, with consumer staples results boosting Wall Street, though a trade spat between the U.S. and China and tepid U.S. jobs numbers capped gains and weighed down the dollar......»»

Wall Street ended Monday's volatile session slightly higher with help from technology stocks although bank stocks tumbled and uncertainty over Britain's exit from the European Union kept investors on edge about global growth......»»

Wall Street ended Monday's volatile session slightly higher with help from technology stocks, although bank stocks tumbled and uncertainty over Britain's exit from the European Union kept investors on edge about global growth. Roselle Chen reports......»»

U.S. stocks moved broadly higher in early trading Wednesday, recovering some of their losses from a steep drop ahead of the Christmas holiday that left the benchmark S&P 500 index on the edge of what Wall Street calls a bear market......»»

Stocks edge higher in choppy as Wall Street struggles to build on the previous day’s rebound from sharp losses to cap a volatile, holiday-shortened week......»»

Markets in Japan and mainland China gained Friday, following another record day on Wall Street, as most other major global markets were closed for the Good Friday holiday......»»

Wall Street took a nosedive on Friday on fears that the world's two largest economies could resume a trade war, dragging down a global stocks index on a day that many financial markets were closed for a holiday......»»

A sharp fall on Wall Street dragged a global stocks index down on Friday on concerns that the world's two largest economies could resume a trade war, with many financial markets closed for a holiday......»»

Stocks ended sharply lower once again Tuesday as oil prices continued their unprecedented wipeout, further denting market sentiment and dampening the global economic outlook......»»

Stocks on Wall Street slid while crude prices edged higher on Monday as a global deal on record output cuts failed to quell concerns on whether the pact is enough to head off an oil glut as the coronavirus pandemic hammers economies worldwide......»»

A Wall Street rally led g.....»»

A Wall Street rally powered global gains .....»»

A gauge of stocks across the globe bounced back on Friday led by a late rally on Wall Street, after U.S. President Donald Trump freed $50 billion to tackle the novel coronavirus pandemic......»»

Stocks are trading slightly higher on Monday as Wall Street investors monitor developments around the spread of the coronavirus, while taking heart from solid fourth-quarter U.S. corporate earnings......»»