The Stoxx 600 rose 0.2%, with tech stocks leading gains after a strong performance by US peers on Monday. London's FTSE 100 and France's CAC 40 also closed in positive territory. Novo Nordisk surged 5.7%, recovering from last week's slump following disappointing trial results for its CagriSema weight-loss drug. AstraZeneca withdrew its EU application for a lung cancer treatment after feedback from regulators, with shares closing up 0.1%. Mining stocks boosted the Stoxx 600, led by Anglo American, up 2%, despite facing $17 billion in potential fines in Chile over alleged environmental...
US stock indices opened marginally higher Tuesday in thin trading ahead of the Christmas holiday, stabilizing after gains from the world's largest technology stocks. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were up about 0.2%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average were slightly down at 0.03%. American Airlines Group shares dropped about 1.4% on Tuesday as the airline briefly grounded all flights in the U.S. due to a "technical issue." The ground stop was later lifted. The New York Stock Exchange is set to close early Tuesday for Christmas Eve, and the market is shut on Christmas Day. Wall Street indexes...
Stocks jumped Tuesday on Christmas Eve as the market pulled off back-to-back gains in the holiday week. The S&P 500 added 1.1% to 6,040.04, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 390.08 points, or 0.91%, to 43,297.03. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.35% to 20,031.13, helped by a 7.4% jump in Tesla shares. Amazon and Meta Platforms gained more than 1% each. The New York Stock Exchange closed early at 1 p.m. ET for Christmas Eve, while the bond market closes at 2 p.m. The market is also shut on Wednesday for Christmas Day. Tuesday marked the start of the seasonal Santa Claus rally,...
The Topix fell 0.5% to 2,714.12 as of 9:28 a.m. in Tokyo. The Nikkei was little changed at 39,033.72. Japan's Topix fell as automakers and banks weighed on the benchmark index amid holiday constraints. Toyota Motor contributed the most to the Topix decline, dropping 1.4%. Of the 2,125 stocks in the index, 689 rose and 1,247 fell, while 189 were unchanged. "There are almost no market players, so it's unlikely the market will show any direction," said Mitsushige Akino, president of Ichiyoshi Asset Management. "There's a reversal in the market, and industrial types that have performed well...
Japanese stocks fell after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Communications, Warehousing and Precision Instruments sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was down 0.32%. The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201), which rose 8.66% or 41.30 points to trade at 518.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO:7203) gained 4.57% or 129.50 points to close at 2,964.50 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) gained 4.28% or 291.00 points to 7,089.00 in late trade. The worst performers on the session...