Date: 2015-12-21 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 202.77, high: 202.93, low: 199.83, close: 200.02, volume: 251393500, daily change: -0.0236
News headlines:
Oil Prices Recoup Losses; Glut Fear Sustained
China Stocks Retreat Even as Insurers Keep Buying
CF, OCI Amend Merger Agreement to Keep ‘Inversion’ Tax Benefit
How Jack Dorsey Runs Both Twitter, Square
Luxury Condo in Manhattan Resells at Loss
SEC Pares Back Case Against SAC’s Cohen
Supplier Wins $74 Million Verdict Against Caterpillar
Dividend Dilemma Hounds Energy Companies
Credit Suisse Claims UBS Has Been Poaching Its Brokers
M&A Sizzles for New-Car Dealers
Metrics Sell Doughnuts and More
Martin Shkreli Removed as KaloBios CEO
Valeant Deal With Walgreens Has Unusual Twist
SEC Appeals Process on the Slow Track
Natural-Gas Prices Surge 8%
Western Refining Reaches Revised Deal for Northern Tier
‘Star Wars’ Scores at Box Office, Not on Wall Street
Fed Spells Out Policy on Requiring Additional Bank Capital
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Rise After Selloff
U.S. Steel to Delay Construction of Furnace
NetApp to Buy SolidFire
Chevron Lines Up Chinese Buyer for LNG From Australia Projects
Norwegian Biotech Flags Evidence for Efficacy of ‘Kick and Kill’ HIV Treatment
Steelcase Profit, Outlook Miss Expectations
Goldman Adds Three Bankers to Management Committee
U.S. Stocks Rise After Selloff
Currencies of Oil-Producing Countries Decline
Future Air-Traffic Systems to Reduce Anxiety for White-Knuckle Fliers
Oil Falls to Lowest Level Since 2004
CDC Probes New Chipotle-Linked E. Coli Cases
American Express Reinstates Rules Prohibiting Merchant Steering
Gold Prices Climb
N.Y. Fed Paper Expresses Confidence in Central Bank’s Influence on Rates
The Downfall of Brazil’s Billionaire Banker
Banks Battle Staffers’ Vulnerability to Hacks
Fed’s Lockhart Says Rate Rises to Come Slowly
Fed Issues Guidance Tailoring Stress Tests to Less Complex Banks
Spanish Stocks, Bonds Fall Sharply
América Móvil Spinoff Telesites Gains in Market Debut
Former Libor Trader Tom Hayes Gets Prison Sentence Cut to 11 Years
Regime Change, Good or Bad? The Question Splits the Parties
Mercedes-Benz USA Names Exler CEO
Turkey’s Central Bank Poised to Raise Rates, Economists Say
Panasonic to Acquire Hussmann Corp. for $1.54 Billion
Eurozone Consumers Shrug Off Security Concerns
Winnebago Taps Toro Executive to Be Next CEO
Airfreight Rules Could Be Tightened in Wake of Sinai Disaster
Gerson Lehrman Gets New Private- Equity Backer
Icahn Raises Bid for Pep Boys Again
CIBC to Sell Minority Stake in American Century to Nomura for $1 Billion
Nomura to Buy 41% Stake in American Century Investments
Chicago Fed Index Declines
Sequential Brands Raises Revenue Forecast
Portugal’s Failed Lender Banif Snapped Up by Santander
Iraq Seeks China Oil Tie-Up Ahead of Iran Flood
Hannon’s Take: Weak Wages Growth to Leave Fed Out on its Own
Airbus Racing Against Time to Deliver A320neo
Fed’s Powell Hopes Rate Hike Is Seen as Sign of Fed Confidence in Economy
European Watchdog Says Bonus Cap to Apply to Small Banks
Property Sector Leads China Shares Higher
Japan Maintains Overall Economic Assessment for Third Straight Month
Casino Groupe Rebuts Short-Seller Muddy Waters’s Claims
Dollar Flat Against Yen After BOJ Steps
Fed Gives Asian Bonds a Silver Lining in Stormy Year
Martin Shkreli Says Drug-Price Hikes Led to Arrest
Crude Prices Decline Further on Higher U.S. Oil Rig Count
Hong Kong Stocks Rise; Property, Fosun Stocks Climb
Market direction: Rise