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Stocks sink as market digests $110-per-barrel oil

The S&P 500 fell 0.6% and was on track for its first loss this week. The Dow was down 380 points, or 0.8%, as of 12:55 pm ET.

18.03.2026 3

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Oil hits $100 a barrel and stocks sink as Iran War drags on with no end in sight

With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran is sending oil prices back to $100 per barrel, and stocks are sinking worldwide on Thursday. The S&P 500...

12.03.2026 4

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Dow drops 1,000 as oil spikes on Trump’s Middle Eastern regime change adventure

Prices at U.S. gas pumps have already jumped. The average price for a gallon is $3.25, up 9% from $2.98 a week ago, according to auto club AAA.

05.03.2026 3

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Reality of Nvidia earnings beat wipes out Monday’s spooked stock swoon

U.S. stocks rose Wednesday and erased their losses for the week so far, as Nvidia and other technology companies led the way.

26.02.2026 9

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Jittery stock market’s lonely eyes turn to Nvidia earnings

Expectations are sky high for the company's earnings report as demand for Nvidia's AI processors breaks records.

26.02.2026 10

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The AI love-hate trade roars as Meta-AMD $100 billion deal cheers traders’ spirits after doom spiral

The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% and recovered nearly three-quarters of its sharp drop from the day before.

25.02.2026 10

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Wall Street shrugs at widely expected Supreme Court tariff ruling

The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in midday trading.

20.02.2026 7

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AI displacement trade rocks stocks again as Wall Street searches for next sector to price downward

The AI worries have hit software stocks particularly hard, but they’re spreading to other industries and other markets.

13.02.2026 2

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Dow soars by 1,200 points to top 50,000 for the first time as chipmakers and airlines lead ferocious stock market rebound

Even with Friday’s surge, the S&P 500 still fell to its third losing week in the last four.

07.02.2026 10

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S&P rings up 5th loss in 6 days as tech stocks drag index down, led by AMD’s 17.3% drop

More than twice as many stocks rose within the S&P 500 than fell, but sinking technology stocks weighed on the index for a second straight day.

05.02.2026 9

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Kevin Warsh’s Fed nod sends gold plunging and chops 31.4% off silver as dollar strengthens in Friday trading

A fear in financial markets has been that the Fed will lose some of its independence, helping catapult the price of gold and weaken the dollar.

31.01.2026 7

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S&P 500 wins back all losses from Greenland dip, gold and silver surge even higher

Precious metals prices have been soaring as investors look for safer places to park their money amid threats of tariffs, inflation, and huge national...

27.01.2026 10

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Trump TACO trade roars as stocks recover half of yesterday’s loss after messages over ‘piece of ice’ from Davos

Trump has a history of big threats that send financial markets sliding, only to pull back later and reach deals that are seen as less bad for the...

22.01.2026 10

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U.S. stocks follow Asia, Europe down on fear that Nvidia, other superstars are overvalued

The S&P 500 dropped 0.2% and pulled further from its all-time high set late last month.

19.11.2025 4

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AI stocks at center of stormy day on Wall Street, erasing sharp 1.3% drop

Nvidia, the poster child of the frenzy around AI, began the day with a 3.4% loss. It then stormed back to a rise of 2% and yanked the market in its...

15.11.2025 6

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Nvidia drags Wall Street toward its worst day in a month as AI superstars keep weakening

Nvidia was the heaviest weight on the market after the chip company lost 4.7%.

13.11.2025 6

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Amazon laid off over 14,000 people this week—but Wall Street is loving it anyway

The retail giant was by far the strongest force lifting the S&P 500 Friday.

31.10.2025 7

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PayPal and UPS are sparking a late-session rally, powering stocks to fresh records

S&P added 0.4%, Dow Jones was up 0.6%, and the Nasdaq was 1% higher.

28.10.2025 5

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U.S. stocks fall as midsized bank earnings worry traders about underlying state of the economy

Scrutiny is rising on the quality of loans that banks and other lenders have broadly made following last month’s Chapter 11 filing of First Brands...

17.10.2025 7

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Wall Street surges following strong profits as earnings season kicks off; UBS sees ‘bull market intact’

Early reporters "tend to have a good relationship with how the rest of earnings season plays out," and the results are "decent" from the S&P 500 so...

15.10.2025 6

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Stocks’ worst swoon since fallout from Liberation Day: Trump Truth Social post on ‘massive increase of tariffs’ shatters calm

Roughly six out of every seven stocks within the S&P 500 fell on Friday after the China trade war reignited.

11.10.2025 7

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Wall Street snaps 3-day losing streak on moderate inflation report

Stocks got some help from a report showing that inflation in the U.S. accelerated to 2.7%, precisely what economists had projected.

27.09.2025 7

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S&P 500 has longest losing streak for over a month as Wall Street stumbles to third straight loss

Stocks felt pressure from reports showing the U.S. economy may be stronger than economists thought because the Fed may be less likely to cut.

26.09.2025 7

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Stocks rise towards more records, helped by Elon Musk’s purchase of $1 billion worth of Tesla shares

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are rising toward new record highs on Monday, with Tesla stock helping to lead the way.

15.09.2025 10

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Wall Street’s future hinges on a risky bet about what the American economy will do next

The future of markets ride on whether this risky bet pays off.

13.09.2025 6

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Wall Street on record setting pace ahead of US inflation data

Wall Street charged toward new highs Wednesday as cooling wholesale inflation fueled hopes for a Fed rate cut—and AI excitement sent Oracle stock...

10.09.2025 8

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Stocks are falling towards their worst day in a month amid tech sector declines and tariff concerns

Wall Street is sinking on Tuesday as rising pressure from the bond market pulls U.S. stocks further from their records.

03.09.2025 6

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Dow soars over 700 points after Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, on track to blow past all-time high

Treasury yields tumbled in the bond market after the release of the text of Powell’s speech.

22.08.2025 9

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Home Depot leads Dow higher as Wall Street holds steady in summer lull

The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% and remains near its all-time high set last week. The Dow was up 68 points, or 0.2%, as of 9:35 a.m. ET, and the Nasdaq...

19.08.2025 6

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S&P 500 sets 5 all-time highs in one trading week

On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.2% to its own record set the day before.

26.07.2025 9

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Trump says he ‘talked about the concept of firing’ Jerome Powell. Stocks went for a ride

The S&P 500 rose 0.3% after whipping through an earlier drop and subsequent recovery. The Dow gained 231 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq added 0.3% to...

17.07.2025 4

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Stocks hit another record as House sends Trump $4.5 trillion bill to kick off July 4 weekend

The S&P 500 hit another record after data showed strong hiring.

04.07.2025 8

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Oil prices jump and Dow plummets 1.8% after Israel’s attack on Iran stokes fears of wider war

Defense contractors rallied while fuel-dependent businesses fell.

14.06.2025 6

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United Airlines is cutting 35 daily flights at Newark, blaming air traffic chaos at airport

Flight delays, cancellations and diversions the equipment problems caused were compounded when more than one-fifth of Newark's traffic controllers...

06.05.2025 10

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What is a bear market? How Trump’s tariff blitz caused a market meltdown that could send the S&P 500 to lows not seen since 2022

Bears hibernate, so they represent a stock market that’s retreating.

08.04.2025 8

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Late rally not enough to save Wall Street from a fourth straight week of losing, the worst streak since an obscure Japanese trade sparked a global market meltdown

The S&P 500 rose slightly a day after closing more than 10% below its record for its first "correction" since 2023.

14.03.2025 10

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