Date: 2015-12-09 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 206.49, high: 208.29, low: 205.78, close: 206.95, volume: 103372400, daily change: -0.0067
News headlines:
Shell Reviews New Zealand Assets
Merger of Dow, DuPont Likely to Get Close Antitrust Scrutiny
Oil Prices Rise in Asia but Surge in U.S. Distillates Weighs
Costco Reports Lower Earnings
Bank of Korea Leaves Rates Unchanged
Samsung to Develop Parts for Self-Driving Cars
China’s Baidu Sets Sights on Autonomous Cars
Asian Shares Slide as Markets Position For Fed Decision
Signs of Easing for Manhattan Apartments
Faraday Picks Nevada for $1 Billion Electric-Car Plant
VW Says Gasoline-Emissions Issue Smaller Than Suspected
Dow Chemical Long Pursued DuPont
In Dumbo, a Study in Industrial Chic
Vera Bradley Shares Rise on Strong Quarter, Holiday Outlook
Terrorist Attacks Stall Fed’s Shipments of Dollars to Gulf
Monument Arose From Toll-Road Project
Investors Keep Faith in Southern European Bonds
Oil Prices Fall for Fourth Straight Day
Norovirus Confirmed in Boston Chipotle Outbreak
Dow Slides as Commodities Rout Spills Into Stock Market
Is $50 Billion the Price of Repo Market  Safety?
Central Bankers Explore Response to Bitcoin: Their Own Digital Cash
Spain’s OHL Hits Pothole in Mexico
CIT Overhaul Adds Up to $60 Million
KPMG Global Revenue Falls in U.S. Dollar Terms
Survey Shows Growing Appeal for U.S. Factories
Men’s Wearhouse Warns It May Miss Annual Projections
Battered U.S. IPO Market Set to End Year on High Note
Chevron to Reduce Capital Spending by 24% Next Year
Fiat Chrysler Faces Safety-Reporting Penalties
Congress Inquires About Lender Role in San Bernardino Shooting
Moody’s Places Brazil on Review for Downgrade
Wyndham Settles FTC Data Breach Charges
LightSquared Voluntarily Dismisses Lawsuit Against U.S.
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Close Lower
United to Drop Washington-Dubai Route in January
Accor to Buy Luxury Hotel Owner
Argentine Central Bank Chief Alejandro Vanoli Resigns
Looking for an Oil Play? Try the Permian Basin
Athenahealth Earnings Outlook Tops Expectations
U.K. Investor Neil Woodford Sells Rolls-Royce Stake
Adidas CEO Expects 2016 to Be Record Year
Dollar Retreats as Investors Gird for Fed Meeting
How Do We Measure Inflation?
One of Obama’s Biggest Economic Mistakes
Africa Vulnerable To Fed Hike As China Slows
Corn Futures Pare Gains
Wells Fargo Snags UBS Brokers
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Cuts Official Cash Rate to 2.5%
Bombardier Appoints New President for Its Train Business
Natural Gas Prices Fall Ahead of Inventory Data
Electrolux to Pay $175 Million for Failed GE Deal
Analysts See 63 Billion-Cubic Feet Fall in Natural-Gas Inventories
Gold Barely Budges as Market Awaits Fed Move
Copper Prices Buoyed by Miner Cutbacks
UAW Contracts Left Open Health Care Change
Bank of America, Citigroup Predict Bleak Trading Revenue
Fed Plans to Signal Gradual, Cautious Path on Rate Hikes
Former Western Asset Employee Arrested on Cyber-Intrusion Charges
Douglas Tompkins, North Face and Esprit Founder, Dies at 72
Lululemon Cuts Earnings Forecast
Citigroup Predicts Trading to Fall Up to 20% from Previous Quarter
SunEdison Agrees to Amended Deal for Vivint
U.S. Crude Supplies Fall Sharply; Distillates Rise
Russia Unlikely to Cut Rates
Weak Air Cargo Demand Expected to Continue in 2016
BofA Expects Lower Fixed-Income Trading Revenue
Anglo American Shares Extend Decline
SEC to Consider Letting U.S. Companies Use Global Accounting Rules as Add-On
Freeport-McMoRan to Suspend Dividend, Further Cut Spending
China Sets Two-Year Goal for Loosening IPO Controls
Dollar Hits 1-Month Low Versus Euro, Yen
Coke Expanding Distribution to Three U.S. Bottlers
Financial Advisers’ Insurers May Grow More Cautious Under ‘Fiduciary’ Rule
Blackstone’s Take: ECB Disappointment Eases Pressure On Other Central Banks
Markets Were Surprised by ECB Stimuli, Says Estonia Governor
BOE Signals Fresh Concern About U.K. Property Market
Morgan Stanley China Veteran Leaving to Start Private-Equity Firm
Brazil Consumer Prices Pick Up
ECB Nowotny Defends Policy Measures
Japan’s Biggest Bank Picks Next Leader
Turkey’s Basci Sees Improving Current-Account
Iceland Freezes Rates For Now
Oil Prices Recover After Positive U.S. Data
China Sets Yuan at Weakest Level Since 2011
Bank of Japan Officials Fret Over Oil-Price Declines
India’s Industrial-Output Growth Expected to Hit Four-Year High
Asian Shares Fall on China Worries
VW Kept Earlier Emissions Issue From Regulator
NZX-50 Edges Up; Banks in Focus Ahead of RBNZ Meeting
How Pfizer Set the Cost of Its New Drug at $9,850 a Month
Market direction: Neutral