Date: 2015-05-06 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 211.03, high: 211.46, low: 208.73, close: 208.9, volume: 113326200, daily change: -0.0115
News headlines:
Caesars Revenue Rises at Continuing Operations
Fox’s Earnings Decline But Still Top Views
NAB Boosts Capital to Facilitate U.K. Exit
Financial Briefs: News Digest
CF Industries Expects Demand to Improve
Business Watch: News Digest
SEC Accuses Wilmington Trust Ex-Officers of Fraud
Whole Foods Plans Lower-Cost Chain
Fed’s Yellen: Stock Valuations ‘Generally Are Quite High’
Dow Chemical Defends CEO Over Spending
‘Spoofing’ Debate: Devious Or Deft?
Bill Gross’s Fund Takes Hit Amid Bond Selloff
DuPont’s Swing Voter: The Small Investor
FTC, Sysco Face Off in Federal Court Hearing
Banks Expected to Settle FX Probes
Alexion-Synageva Deal Shows Lure of Rare-Disease Drugs
Alfa, Harbour Energy to Bid for Pacific Rubiales
Wingstop Files for IPO
MetLife, Prudential Post Higher Operating Profit
SEC Finalizes ‘Tick Size’ Pilot for Smaller-Company Stock
Dollar Falls to Two-Month Low
Energy Transfer Equity Revenue Declines
Tallgrass Energy GP LP IPO Prices at $29 a Share
Computer Snafu Has Some Bank Customers in N.J. Seeing Dollars
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Fall
Marathon Oil Swings to a Loss
E*Trade Gets Wells Notice Related to Order Routing
Transocean Swings to a Loss
Continental Resources Swings to Loss
Bank of America Shareholders Re-Elect All Directors
Coal, Gas Segments Weigh on Dynegy Results
TripAdvisor Profit Falls 7%
Keurig Earnings Fall
U.S. Stocks Fall
Oil Gains on U.S. Stockpile Report, Ends Below Day’s High
Prudential Posts Higher Operating Earnings in ‘Solid’ Quarter
WebMD Profit Jumps
Point72 Hires Ex-U.S. Attorney Kevin O’Connor as New General Counsel
FAA Works With CNN, BNSF on Drone Flights
ISS Wants Vote Against Dimon’s Pay
For U.K. Defense Industry, Election Has Clear Stakes
Gold Slips Ahead of Friday’s Jobs Data
Chesapeake Energy Swings to Loss
Keys to Wealth: Family, Health, Inheritance
Low Interest Rates Pressuring European Insurers
Wells Fargo Ups Estimated Potential Litigation-Related Loss
Anheuser-Busch InBev Profit Jumps
Southern Chemical Interested in Methanol Storage Tanks in Ecuador
Dayco Products Exploring Options, Including a Sale
French Prosecutors Launch Formal Probe Against J.P. Morgan
CFTC Charges UAE Residents With ‘Spoofing’
Eurozone Bonds Extend Slump
Virtu Aims to Break Into China
U.K. ‘Flash Crash’ Trader: I Did Nothing Wrong
GSK Cuts Return to Shareholders From Novartis Deal
Big Oil Firms Find Gains in Trading
Tribune Publishing Profit Falls on Lower Revenue
Wendy’s to Sell Bakery Business, Over 600 Restaurants
Voices: Mike Cice, on Tax-Efficient Distributions of Retirement Assets
Political Shift in Alberta Could Pressure Energy Companies
Fredericks of Hollywood Can Move Ahead With Authentic Bid
LPL Financial to Pay $11.7 Million to Settle Finra Charges
U.S. Productivity Falls 1.9% in First Quarter
BHP Shareholders Back Breakup
Russian Inflation Slows
IMF’s Lagarde Says Regulators Need to Tackle Excessive Risk Taking
T. Rowe Price CEO to Retire
Advisers Using ‘Active Share’ Hear From Critics
Thomson Reuters Unveils $1 Billion Stock Buyback Plan
Campbell Soup Says About 470 Workers Take Early-Retirement Offer
Spectra Energy Profit Drops on Lower Energy Prices, Canadian Dollar
Gilead to Buy EpiTherapeutics for $65 Million
Children’s Place Raises Outlook
Bojangles Boosts Size of Planned IPO
Private Jobs Rise at Mediocre Pace
SodaStream Revenue Falls
ISS Challenges Some Mondelez Directors Over Past Accounting Errors
Vitamin Shoppe Cuts Guidance, Earnings Fall
Loblaw’s Results Beat Expectations; Dividend Raised
Profit at Brazil’s AmBev Rises
WellCare Health Plans Earnings Top Expectations
Occidental Petroleum Narrows Loss
J.P. Morgan’s Barista-Turned-Banker Sees Good Things Brewing
French Banks Lifted by Lively Stock Markets
Global Inflation Edges Up
Alstom Posts Full-Year Loss
Imperial Tobacco Expects U.S. Deal to Complete Soon
U.K. Stocks Rebuff Election Uncertainty
Commonwealth Shares Plunge After Quarterly Update
Shanghai Shares Fall for Second Day
J Sainsbury Posts Drop in Full-Year Profit
L&G Generates Record Amount of Cash
Allianz On Track for Full-Year Target
BMW Posts Jump in Revenue
Kiwi Can’t Quite Catch Aussie
Société Générale Profit Surges
Crédit Agricole Profit Up Slightly
Noble Group Profit Declines
Market direction: Neutral