Date: 2015-12-02 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 209.44, high: 210.82, low: 209.11, close: 210.68, volume: 97858400, daily change: 0.0095
News headlines:
Hong Kong Stocks Slip Slightly
Japan’s JX Holdings, TonenGeneral Merger to Create Oil Giant
Japan to Cut Corporate Taxes to Below 30% Next Year
Out-of-Bounds CO2 Clouds Emissions Tallying
American Eagle Posts Higher Earnings, Names New CEO
Oil Prices Regain Ground, But Growing Stockpiles Cap Gains
Feds Win Fight Over Risky Loans
Wall Street Goes Short on Bond Traders
U.S. Oil Falls Below $40 Amid New Signs of Glut
Freeze Lifted on SEC Case Against Hedge Fund Billionaire Steven Cohen
A Look at Janet Yellen’s Favorite New Dashboard Indicator
Natural Gas Keeps Falling on Mild Weather
Axion International Files for Bankruptcy to Sell Assets
Williams: Fed Is Near the Point of Raising Rates
Target Reaches Another Data Breach Settlement
Some Merrill Brokers Could See Cut in Base Pay
U.S. Natural-Gas Inventories Fall of 51 Billion Cubic Feet Seen
Canada’s Sun Life Boosts Indian Insurance Venture Stake
Ben Bernanke: China’s Gold Star
Long-Term Unemployment Hit Which Ages Hardest?
Asian Morning Briefing: Energy Slump Weighs on U.S. Stocks
Disney Dividend to Rise 19% in 2015
Aéropostale Reports Drop in Sales
Yellen Signals Fed on Track to Raise Rates in December
Dollar at 13-Year High Against Basket of Currencies on Yellen Comments
Pemex Tries to Appease Suppliers Over Payment Policy
FDA Sends Warning Letters to Five Supplement Makers
Saudi Arabia, Allies Willing to Cut Oil Production If Others Follow
Bottom Keeps Falling for Energy-Debt Investors
ECB Rate Cut Will Pack More Punch Than QE
Interview With Kenya Central Bank Gov. Patrick Njoroge: Transcript
Ex-SEC Official: Agency Faces `Crisis of Confidence’ Over In-House Court
Oil Prices Dip Below $40
RCS Capital to Wind Down Wholesale Business
Transcript: Q&A With Janet Yellen
U.S. Wages Show Signs of Breaking Out
Brazil’s BTG Pactual Works to Restructure After Esteves
Yellen: Fed Doesn’t Need Unanimous Vote to Move on Interest Rates
Food Makers Try Higher-Tech Labels Amid Calls for Transparency
Fed Beige Book: U.S. Economy Expanded at ‘Modest’ Pace
Fed Chief’s Comments Weigh on Gold
Kroger Earnings: What to Watch
RBC Profit Rises 11%
Brown-Forman Profit Falls 3.8%
Copper Declines on Stronger Dollar
Malaysia Airlines Chief Says Emirates Deal Is Key to Turnaround Plan
CSX Cuts Yearly Earnings Guidance On Coal Headwinds
BP Supervisor Won’t Face Manslaughter Charges
Spanish Job Growth Buoyed by Temporary Work
Key Quotes From Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s Speech on the U.S. Economy
Poland’s Central Bank Leaves Rates Unchanged
Who Really Is a ‘Fee Only’ Financial Adviser?
Swift Energy Skips Interest Payment on Bonds
Couche-Tard to Buy Ireland’s Topaz Energy
De La Rue Cuts Bank-Note Output, Jobs
Furniture Maker Marc Fish Listens to a Sea Shell
Eurozone Inflation Unchanged in November
Lockheed Martin Pushes Back Decision on IT Business
U.S. Crude-Oil Supplies Rise For 10th Straight Week
Bank of Canada Holds Key Interest Rate at 0.5%
G-III’s Profit Rises; Forecast Lowered
ECB’s Draghi on Course to Take Significant Monetary Easing Measures
Fed’s Harker: Young People Face ‘Significant Barriers’ in Job Market
Fed’s Lockhart: ‘Compelling’ Case for December Rate Rise
NYC Business Activity Cools in November
Zafgen Says a Second Patient Died in Beloranib Study
Private Payrolls Rose by 217,000 in November
Hungarian Rate Setters Unanimously Agree to Hold Rates
Dollar Index Hits Session High on ADP
U.S. Yields Rise, Led by Short End, on ADP
Iran’s Oil Revival Springs a Leak
Banks Survey Sees Low Crude Prices Through 2016
Cabela’s Exploring Strategic Alternatives
Hilsenrath’s Take: The Fed Becomes Washington’s Highway Piñata
What Happens to Your Bond Fund When Interest Rates Rise
The Great Policy Divergence
Smaller Firms Report More Bank Financing Available
Kenya ‘Ready to Weather Global Rate Rises’
Stimulus Hopes Lift China Shares
BOJ’s Message to Unions: Ask for More Cash
Australian Dollar Turns Away From Iron
Yahoo’s Internet Business Could Draw Interest From SoftBank
Internal Devaluation and Monetary Policy
Hong Kong Stocks Rise on Property Stocks Before Fed Speeches
U.S. Stocks Led Down by Energy Sector
Jay Z’s Tidal Gets New CEO—Again
Market direction: Fall