NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The ongoing war in Ukraine kept the US stock markets in a stranglehold on Tuesday. Despite new Western sanctions, Russia intensified its attacks on its neighbor. Rising energy prices also fueled inflation concerns, especially as the US government says sanctions against Russia’s energy sector are still possible. Der Dow Jones Industrial … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – After the clear losses of the previous day, investors on the US stock exchanges remain tense due to the geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe. An early recovery was quickly ended on Wednesday as reports of cyberattacks targeting Ukrainian ministries circulated. After an early rise of up to 0.7 percent, the Dow … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – Recent concerns about a Russian invasion of Ukraine overshadowed trading on the US stock exchanges on Thursday. The reason is that the US government classifies the partial withdrawal of Russian troops from the border area with Ukraine as misinformation and warns against naivety in dealing with Russia. Instead, she assumes that … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – According to the eagerly awaited minutes of the most recent central bank meeting, the US stock exchanges were largely able to make up for losses on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial , which had been down almost one percent before the so-called Minutes was published, ended up down 0.16 percent at … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – After the publication of the minutes of the last meeting of the US Federal Reserve, US stocks limited the losses a little on Wednesday. The leading index Dow Jones Industrial recently fell by 0.45 percent to 34,832 points. Before that, the Dow was down almost one percent. The US central bankers … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The US stock exchanges fell sharply later on Friday in trading. Investors fled risky stocks to havens that were perceived as safe, such as government bonds or currencies such as the yen and the US dollar, primarily because of the escalating conflict in Ukraine. The strong upward trend in prices in … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – Investors on Wall Street and the Nasdaq are uncertain given the strong inflation and ahead of the expected monetary tightening by the US Federal Reserve (Fed). That was felt again on Friday. After a friendly start, the most important indices turned negative. The high-growth technology stocks were particularly weak once again. … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – Trading on the US stock exchanges was also characterized by nervous fluctuations on Tuesday. As on the previous day, trading started with investors fleeing the risk. The Dow Jones Industrial took an early discount of more than two percent supported by well-received quarterly figures from some index members. In the end, … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – Share prices in New York and on the Nasdaq started to recover again on Thursday. After the last four trading days in a row with losses, the leading index Dow Jones Industrial most recently by 0.74 percent to 35,288 points. The day before, the Dow had already tried to stabilize, but … Read more
NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – After the long weekend due to the holiday, the US stock markets should start with a big minus on Tuesday. The reason for this is increasing speculation that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates due to persistently high inflation. This causes bond yields to rise significantly and equities to … Read more