Date: 2016-03-31 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 206.3, high: 206.87, low: 205.59, close: 206.02, volume: 86365300, daily change: 0.0044
News headlines:
Oil Futures Slip in Asia
Push for $15 Minimum Wage Heats Up
Judge Reduces Damages in Wall Street Sex Harassment Case
BOJ Tankan Survey Shows Sharp Drop in Business Confidence
China’s Official Manufacturing PMI Shows Expansion in March
SEC’s White Warns Silicon Valley on Valuations
Mexico Unleashes Gas Stations From Pemex
Fed’s Dudley Backs Slower Path to Raising Rates
China’s Anbang Walks Away From Starwood Deal
SunEdison Gets Justice Department Subpoena, Confirms SEC Inquiry
FAA Warns Over Airspeed Sensors on Boeing 787 Aircraft
Jet Prices Take Center Stage in Boeing Job Cuts
Fed Pulls Overseers From MetLife in Wake of Ruling
Cash Squeeze Fuels Repo Rate Surge
Moody’s Downgrades Pemex and Changes Mexico Outlook to Negative
Gold, Lean Hogs Lead the Market in First Quarter
Theranos Devices Often Failed Firm’s Accuracy Checks
FBI Tests Technique’s Ability to Unlock Other iPhone Models
Hong Kong Tribunal Partially Upholds Action Against Moody’s
FTC Accuses Endo of Paying Off Generic Drugmakers
Stocks: No Easy Way Higher Without Earnings Growth
Bill Gross Bets on Keurig, Brazil and Lands in the Black
15,000 Layoffs? China’s Bust Is the West’s Suffering
Marvell Technology to Miss Reporting Deadline, Suffers Loss
N.Y. Banking Regulator Asks Banks About Possible Hacking Attack
The Inflation Enigma Needs Unorthodox Answers
As Corn Glut Hits Prices, U.S. Farmers Plant More
New ‘Fiduciary’ Rule on Financial Advisers to Be Unveiled April 6
Kansas City Fed Looks at Damage to Productivity From the Financial Crisis
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Little Changed
MetLife CEO Kandarian’s Pay Up 3.5% in 2015
A Remedy for Contagion From the Panic of 1884?
U.S. Dollar on Track for Worst Quarter Since 2010
Emerging Markets: Improvement Arrives, but for How Long?
Two Power Providers Get Ohio Nod to Shift Some Losses to Clients
Oil: Slim Is In as Drillers Trim Spending
Fed’s Yellen to Speak April 7 in New York
Navistar to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle SEC Charges
Judge Rejects Ex-Lehman Employees’ Bid to Collect on Stock Awards
TD Bank’s Top Executive Calls for Added Fintech Oversight
U.S. Stocks Little Changed as Choppy Quarter Comes to an End
Natural Gas Sells Off After Inventory Data
Turkish Defies Chaos With Impressive Economic Growth
Lawsuit Challenges FDA’s Right to Approve Genetically Modified Animals
Portugal’s Central Bank Plans Sale of Novo Banco
GE Files to End Fed Oversight, Cites Cuts to Finance Arm
Oil Prices Grind Higher Despite Oversupply Worries
Ridding Greek Banks of Nonperforming Loans
Spain’s ‘Bad Bank’ Tries to Increase Real-Estate Sales
Brazilian Bank Owner Joseph Safra Charged With Corruption
Chaparral Energy Warns of Bankruptcy Filing
Europe: U.K. Vote Puts Trade Bloc on Edge
Thermo Fisher Completes Acquisition of Affymetrix
Fed’s Lockhart Sees Scope for Three Rate Increases This Year
Swiss Central Banker: Negative Rates Have Shored Up Economy
MLP Investors’ Maze of Tax Trouble Keeps Getting Worse
Survey Shows Credit Officers’ Exposure to Oil Loans
Airbnb, Paris Agree to Warnings on Illegal Rentals
Regulators Examine Financial Risks of Climate Change
China’s Fosun to Pull Back on Foreign Buying Spree
Glaxo to Stop Seeking Drug Patents in Low-Income Countries
Regulator Calls for Balanced Fintech Framework
Rosneft Shows Crude Resilience, Shielded by Weak Ruble
Businessman Turns Over Funds in Bangladesh Central-Bank Theft Case
Valeant Officers Get Cease Trade Orders
Spain Misses Deficit Target by Wide Margin
Nigeria Nominates Barkindo as OPEC Chief
Need a Home? Buy a Building
Fed’s Evans Continues to Expect Two Rate Rises in 2016
G. Steven Burrill Barred From Securities Industry
Chicago PMI Rises Above Expectations
Deutsche Bank’s CEO Struggles With Overhaul
Hungary’s Constitutional Court Strikes Down Central Bank Privacy Law
Basel Risk Model May Put a Lid on Lending, Japanese Banker Says
Annotation Startup Genius to Launch Advertising Business
U.K. Current-Account Deficit Hits New Record
Fidelity Marks Down Startups Including Dropbox, Zenefits, Cloudera
BlackBerry Earnings: What to Watch
Fed’s Evans Says Two Rate Rises Likely For This Year
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise for Third Straight Week
Zavante Therapeutics Closes $45M Series A
South Asian Matchmaking App Dil Mil Grabs $2.7M
Movado Profit Falls 22%
Hedge Fund Analysts Use Deep Learning to Diagnose Heart’s Condition
March Stock Rally Doesn’t Erase Fears in Asia
ImmuneXcite Collects $8.6M for Immuno-Oncology Therapies
Database Startup Cockroach Labs Picks Up $20M
Branch Sprouts $9M in Series A Led by Andreessen Horowitz
S&P Lowers Outlook on China
Uber Co-founder’s Expa Hails $100M, Aims for Intimate Incubator Experience
Singapore’s Garena Raises New Funds, Valuing It at $3.75B
Banks Raise Oil Price Forecasts But Remain Cautious
Euro Extends Gains to Hit 5-Month High Against the Dollar
Disney, Saban Invest in Content-Platform Maker Playbuzz
Game Engine Unity Seeks Funding at $1B-Plus Valuation
Vonnegut: Should Breakaway Brokers Build or Bolt On?
Asana Links Up With $50M Series C for Collaboration Tools
Commercial Drone OS Airware Takes Off With $30M Series C
Hannon’s Take: Might the BOE’s Next Move Be a Cut?
ESMA Fines U.S. Firm for European Trade Repository Failings
Tracy’s Take: FSOC Dented by MetLife Loss, but Singing Chumbawamba
BOE’s Carney Warns Against Overreliance on Central Banks
Tracy’s Take: FSOC Dented by MetLife Loss, but Singing Chumbawamba
Chinese Stocks Edge Higher
UniCredit May Delay Banca Popolare di Vicenza Fundraising
Mubadala Posts 12% Profit Rise for 2015
Eurozone Inflation Data Highlights ECB’s Struggle
PBOC: Chinese Consumers Worried About Rising Prices
As Swiss House Prices Rise, Mortgage Approvals Don’t, Says Study
Pot Firms Stuck Doing Business the Old-Fashioned Way, in Cash
Warren Targets Insurers Over Varied Comments on Retirement-Advice Rule
EU Opens Probe Into Hutchison-Vimpelcom Telecom Merger in Italy
Positive Day for New Zealand Shares
Surging Australian Dollar Is on RBA’s Radar
Cara Operations to Buy Restaurant Chain St-Hubert
Market direction: Rise