A note of caution is creeping into markets. Stocks stumbled Tuesday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite leading declines. Wall Street’s fear gauge, the VIX index of stock volatility, jumped. Indexes are close to record highs after a rapid run-up since…
Stock indexes climbed in afternoon trading, with investors weighing new signals about the health of America’s banking sector and comments from President Trump about tariffs on China. In a television interview, the president said the U.S. is “going to do…
New worries about the health of regional banks weighed on major indexes. The Dow industrials fell 301 points, or 0.7%. The KBW Nasdaq Regional Banking index slid 6.3% after Zions Bancorp said late Wednesday that it had taken a $50…
Stocks mostly climbed Friday, with two major indexes notching fresh records. The Dow industrials climbed 0.5% to a new all-time high. The S&P 500 rose by less than 0.1%, just barely cinching a new record close, while the Nasdaq Composite…