Date: 2016-08-10 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 218.13, high: 218.76, low: 217.8, close: 218.18, volume: 51251700, daily change: 0.0006
News headlines:
Oil Dragged Lower By U.S. Crude Stock Growth, Record Saudi Output
New Zealand Cuts Rate to Record Low
Singapore’s STI Falls on U.S. Lead, Results
Oil Prices Down as Global Surplus Expands
Former NFL Player, Business Partner Accused of Defrauding Investors
Diversity at Intel: a Work in Progress
GOP Lawmaker Asks SEC to Weigh In on CFTC Proposal
Flowers Foods Earnings Down Slightly as Sales Rise
Fifth Third Fired Counsel Over Relationship With Fannie CEO
Tilton, Restructuring Firm Face Off in Court Over Zohar Funds
Walmex to Sell Suburbia Clothing Stores
U.K. Housing Prices Put on the Brexit Brakes
USDA Is Expected to Raise U.S. Corn Production and Yield Estimates
Lawyer, Adviser Charged With Insider Trading
Stocks Fall as Energy Sector Weakens
Wal-Mart Deal Could Jeopardize Jet.com’s Sales-Tax Advantage
Valeant Under Criminal Investigation
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Aug. 10
Chesapeake Energy to Exit Barnett Shale
Delta CEO Takes Responsibility for Outage
Activist Investor Marcato Capital Calls on Goodyear to Boost Capital Returns
Shares Down as Shake Shack Posts Softer Same-Restaurant Sales Growth
Dollar Falls as Investors Focus on Fed
Blue Buffalo Raises Guidance
Peabody Energy Lenders Accept Miner’s Business Plan
MIT, NYU, Yale Sued Over Retirement-Plan Fees
White House Report on Small Banks Assailed by Republicans, Industry
Owner of California Oil Island Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Fox & Hound Owner Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Flowers Foods Faces Fair-Labor Review
Natural Gas Falls as End of Summer Looms
Measuring the Effect of Bond Market Access on Investment
Oil Prices Slide On Inventory Data
Lam Research, KLA-Tencor Shares Fall Amid Deal Status Concerns
Gold Rebounds on Weaker Dollar
Analysts Expect 21 Billion Cubic Feet Rise in U.S. Natural-Gas Inventories
Privacy and the Hunt for Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
Postcrisis Lawsuits Offer a Chance for ‘Sliver of Justice’
U.S. Budget Deficit Little Changed in July
The QE Subsidy for Banks
Diesel Fuel Leaking From Grounded Oil Rig in U.K.
Sale Price for Swiss Bank Tied to 1MDB Likely to be Cut
Taxes on Property Aim to Keep Outsiders Away
Judge to Start Aetna-Humana Merger Trial Dec. 5
One Theory on Why Student Loan Delinquencies Are So High
Boeing 777 Jet Production Decision Expected
Bank of England Buys Bonds After Hiccup
Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren Battle Discounting, Fewer Shopper Visits
Delta’s Efforts to Restore Normal Service Stumble
Hapag-Lloyd Swings to Loss on Tumbling Freight Rates
Three Financial Advisers Share Tips on How They Switched Careers
Saudi Arabia Further Eases Rules for Foreign Investments
FDA Approves Heron Therapeutics’s Sustol
Deutsche Boerse Says Over 75% of Shares Tendered in LSE Offer
U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Unexpectedly Rise
Military Contractor Orbital ATK to Restate Financials
Wendy’s Profit, Revenue Slide
Banking Industry Urges ‘Holistic Analysis’ by Basel Committee
JD.com Posts Stronger Results as It Readies to Partner With Wal-Mart
Firm Retention Summary: Hercules Offshore Inc.
ComScore Delays Quarterly Report, Names New Leaders
Firm Retention Summary: Halcón Resources Corp.
Eli Lilly’s Investigational Cancer Drug Hits Snag in Breast Cancer Trial
Hungary to Keep Monetary Conditions Loose for Prolonged Period
Ralph Lauren Swings to Loss, but Core Results Beat Estimates
Kors Results Not as Bad as Feared
Perrigo Misses Expectations and Cuts Guidance
Dollar Broadly Weaker in Quiet Trading
E.ON Set for Another Full-Year Loss Following Write-Downs
Brazil’s BTG Pactual Profits Fall
Kira Talent Raises $5M For Video Admissions Interview Software
With Trio of Exits, Claremont Creek Finds Success in Diagnostics
Southwest Cuts Unit Revenue Outlook on Tech Outage
Buell’s Take: Do Europe’s Small Savings Banks Need Closer Scrutiny?
Gazprom First-Quarter Profit Falls
Hilsenrath’s Take: Productivity Data Reinforce Case for Soon-and-Shallow Interest Rate Increases
The Payout Behavior of German Savings Banks
Bank of England Has Played its Part; Now It’s Up to Theresa May to Introduce Fiscal Stimulus
A Nobel Alternative to the Current Euro System
Buell’s Take: Do Europe’s Small Savings Banks Need Closer Scrutiny?
Chinese Regulators Seek Examination of Wealth-Management Products
ITV Bid Rejected by ‘Peppa Pig’ Owner Entertainment One
Whistleblowers: Breaking Down the Numbers
Asian Shares Mixed; Stronger Yen Pressures Nikkei
Interactions Raises $56M for Customer-Support Technology
Canada’s Entertainment One Rejects U.K. Broadcaster ITV’s Takeover Offer
Brickley’s Take: Too Little Time for SunEdison Audit
Brickley’s Take: Too Little Time for SunEdison Audit
Market direction: Neutral