Date: 2016-02-09 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 185.77, high: 186.12, low: 182.8, close: 185.42, volume: 191526700, daily change: -0.0135
News headlines:
Shinzo Abe Defends Kuroda and Negative Rates
Oil Prices Bounce Up in Tight Range
U.S. Dollar Weakens as Investors Seek Havens Elsewhere
Negative Bond Yields in Japan Reflect Lack of Alternatives
Japan PM Abe Defends BOJ Chief Kuroda Over Negative Rates
Investors Flee Risky European Bank Debt
Argentina Hires New Lawyers in Debt Battle
ESPN and DraftKings End Exclusive Ad Deal
Commonwealth Bank Notches Up Record Profit
U.S. Stocks Steady at End of Volatile Session
SolarCity Shares Drop on Soft Forecast
Disney Stresses ESPN to Allay Cable Fears
Japan Markets Shaken as Investors Seek Shelter
Sears Looks to Sell More Assets After Weak Holiday Quarter
Viacom CEO Defends His Leadership
CVS Profit Grows, But Forecast Soft
América Móvil’s Net Profit Jumps
Burberry Sues J.C. Penney Over Alleged Knockoffs
Canadian Pacific Abandons Threat of Proxy Fight for Norfolk Southern
Algonquin to Buy Empire District for $2.4 Billion
Anadarko Slashes Dividend by 81%
Fortis to Buy ITC Holdings for About $6.9 Billion
Western Union Profit Falls 4.2%
Goodyear Reports Fourth-Quarter Loss After Write-Down
The High Consequences of Low Interest Rates
US Foods Files for IPO of About $100 Million
Computer Sciences Swings to Profit
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Steady at End of Volatile Session
Coca-Cola Fights for ‘Zero’ Trademark Rights
The ‘Yellen Put’ Is Real
U.S. Crude-Oil Stocks Seen Increasing in DOE Data
Panera Posts Sales Uptick, Projects Higher Sales
In Mexico, Telefónica Lets Users Dial it Back
Coke to  Results Top Expectations on Volume, Pricing Growth
Postal Service Swings to Profit
Urban Outfitters Posts Flat Sales for Holiday Quarter
Oil Settles Below $28 a Barrel
No Exit
Blast From the Past: Gasoline Costing a Mere $1 a Gallon
The Dollar in the U.S. International Transactions Model
Economic Tumult to Color Janet Yellen’s House Testimony
CFPB Presses Banks, Credit Unions to Offer ‘Small-Dollar Loans’
How a Sanofi Diabetes Bet Went Wrong
Grain Prices Hit Multiweek Lows
S&P Downgrades Junk-Level Ratings on 25 Oil-and-Gas Producers
Natural Gas Falls With Stockpiles Still High
Liquidation of MF Global Comes to an End
Daimler Air Bag Recall Will Cost $380 Million
IEA Warns Oil Prices Could Fall
Monsanto to Pay $80 Million in Settlement With SEC
UniCredit Board Confident in CEO
Bunge Sues Egypt Over Rejected French Wheat
Copper Prices Fall Amid Global Equity Weakness
Judge Criticizes Cigarette Makers, Adopts New Warning Statements
Walter Energy Lenders Strike Deal to Fund Retired Miners’ Health Care
MetLife Case Challenging SIFI Label Nears Hearing
A Bond Star, Buried by Junk, Looks for Daylight
Wyndham Expects Strong Revenues, Boosts Dividend
African Mining Conference Kicks Off With a Whimper
Say What? Wealth is ‘Having a Full Fridge’
Rush to the Renzit: Why Investors Fled Italian Stocks
Novartis Reaches Entresto Pay-for-Performance Deals With Cigna, Aetna
HCP Shares Fall on Unexpected Loss
Spirit Airlines Profit Up on Cheap Fuel
Italy’s Crackdown on Tax Evasion Deals Another Blow to Swiss Banks
The Thorny Economics of Illegal Immigration
RetailMeNot Offers Soft Outlook
Alpha Natural Lenders Offer $500 Million for Core Coal Mines
Wendy’s Profit, Revenue Top Expectations
Nomura CEO Targets Smaller Deals
Martin Marietta Misses Expectations
Lloyd Blankfein: Big Banks in Sound Health, Despite Turmoil
German Industrial Data Cast Doubt on Recovery
U.S. Retail Sales Fell 2.6% in First Week of February, Redbook Reports
USD/JPY Back Below Y115; Eyes Break Of Y114
Agrium Profit Tops Expectations
WPX to Sell Rocky Mountain Energy Business for $910 Million
U.K. Fines Ex-J.P. Morgan Executive Over ‘London Whale’ Trades
American Airlines Traffic Up 1.6% in January
Deutsche Bank CEO Seeks to Reassure on Finances
U.S. Weekly Chain-Store Sales Fall
Swedbank CEO Ousted by Board
Regeneron Reports Slowing Sales Growth for Key Eye Drug
Bank of England Eyeing Overall Credit Growth
Omnicom’s Earnings Top Expectations
Hilsenrath’s Take: Mixed Backdrop to Yellen Testimony
Centene Profit Continues to Grow With Membership
Small-Business Owners Grew Less Confident in January
BOJ Buys ETFs for Sixth Straight Session
Container Ship Indian Ocean Tugged From Mud in Elbe River
Global Growth Fears Spread to Asia
Poll Says Philippine Central Bank to Keep Rates on Hold
India Shares Open Lower on Weak Global Cues
Market direction: Neutral