RARE PHOTOS: 6 | Vintage Vibes

Weak Stocks and Fed Comments Boost the Dollar

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.14% and climbed to a 2-week high. The weakness in stocks today has boosted liquidity demand for the dollar. Hawkish comments today from New York Fed President Williams and Chicago Fed President Goolsbee were positive for the dollar when they signaled...

Barchart · Mar 21, 2025

Weak Corporate Earnings Results Weigh on Stocks

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.81%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.95%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.97%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) are down -0.84%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Barchart · Mar 21, 2025

Stocks Fall on Trade Tensions But Chip Stocks Help Soften Losses

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed down -1.22%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.55%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.36%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) are down -0.77%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Barchart · Mar 4, 2025

Stocks Finish Sharply Higher on a Surprise Slowdown in US Inflation

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Wednesday closed up +1.83%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.65%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.31%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) are up +1.80%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Barchart · Jan 15, 2025

Dollar Pressured by Soft US CPI Report

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Wednesday fell by -0.16%. The dollar posted moderate losses Wednesday as T-note yields fell on the Fed-friendly US Dec CPI report that showed an unexpected easing of core inflation. Also, Wednesday’s report showed that the US Jan Empire manufacturing survey of general business conditions unexpectedly...

Barchart · Jan 15, 2025

Fed's Favored Inflation Gauge Rises Again In November

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure rose for a second straight month in November, according to government data published Friday, although the increase came in a touch below expectations.

International Business Times · Dec 20, 2024

Stocks Finish Higher on Optimism Trump's Policies Will Boost Corporate Profits

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed up +0.53%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.06%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.36%. Stocks on Thursday finished moderately higher. Stocks recovered from mixed trading Thursday and turned...

Barchart · Nov 21, 2024

Dollar Rallies as T-Note Yields Turn Higher

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Thursday finished up +0.30% and posted a 13-month high. The dollar Thursday recovered from early losses and moved higher as a rebound in T-note yields strengthened the dollar’s interest rate differentials after T-note yields recovered from early losses and moved higher. Thursday’s US economic news...

Barchart · Nov 21, 2024

Stocks Mixed as Alphabet Falls and Nvidia’s Earnings Fail to Impress

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.24%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.77%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.15%. Stocks today are mixed. The strength of software stocks is positive for the overall...

Barchart · Nov 21, 2024

Dollar Slips on Lower T-Note Yields and Dovish Williams

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.19%. The dollar today is posting modest losses and is weighed down by lower T-note yields. Also, dovish comments from New York Fed President Williams undercut the dollar when he said he expects the Fed to keep cutting interest rates. Losses...

Barchart · Nov 21, 2024