Stocks edge up, lifted by retailers; Macy"s leaps

The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday is poised to open slightly higher, with Wall Street sentiment scoring a lift from better-than-expected quarterly results from retailers, including Home Depot, Walmart and Macy's......»»

The dollar rose on Tuesday amid concerns about Britain's setting a hard deadline to reach a new trade deal with the European Union, while global equity markets gained, lifted by a resurgent U.S. housing market that bodes well for the economy......»»

U.S. business inventories increased in October, lifted by stocks at retailers, suggesting inventory investment could again contribute to economic growth in the fourth quarter......»»

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......»»

Dillard's Inc. stock soared 17% in Thursday trading after it reported a surprise profit, and lifted other department store stocks with it. J.C. Penney Co. Inc. shares jumped 5%, Macy's Inc. shares climbed nearly 3%, and Nordstrom Inc. stock w.....»»

World stocks edged higher on Tuesday, lifted by strong earnings from big U.S. drugmakers Merck and Pfizer and expectations of another dose of policy stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve, while oil prices pared earlier losses......»»

Stocks ended higher Wednesday as strong quarterly results from retailers such as Target and Lowe's lifted investor sentiment......»»

Stocks rose on Wednesday as strong quarterly results from retailers such as Target and Lowe's lifted investor sentiment......»»

Stocks rose on Wednesday as strong quarterly results from retailers such as Target and Lowe's lifted investor sentiment......»»

Shares of retailers are trading broadly, and in many cases sharply lower, as disappointing results from Macy's Inc. and growing concerns of an impending recessionary cycle weigh on the sector. The SPDR S&P Retail ETF dropped 3.9% in morning trading,.....»»

Macy's will begin a run of earnings reports from major retailers......»»

Technology stocks lifted the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq on Wednesday, ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's minutes from its latest policy meeting, while a drop in Boeing shares kept the Dow lower......»»

NEW YORK - A gauge of global equities edged higher on Monday as another drop in Boeing shares and concerns U.S. companies will report a decline in earnings for the first time in three years were offset by rising crude prices that lifted oil shares......»»

Stocks rose Wednesday as retail shares jumped on the back of strong quarterly earnings from retailer Macy's......»»

Stocks rose Wednesday as retail shares jumped on the back of strong quarterly earnings from retailer Macy's......»»

U.S. stocks are up slightly Friday as strong sal.....»»

U.S. stocks are up slightly Friday as gains for c.....»»

​It didn’t take much, just some early reports of a strong holiday season for retailers and reassuring murmurs from Washington and Moscow, to put Wall Street in a brighter frame of mind......»»

Gold prices edge up on Wednesday, buoyed by a weaker dollar as the market looks to comments from Federal Reserve officials for hints on the pace of the central bank’s interest-rate hikes this year......»»

U.S. stocks looked set to snap a four-day rally on Thursday as disappointing holiday-season results from Macy's hammered retail stocks and no clear signs of a resolution emerged from U.S.-Chinese trade talks......»»