Date: 2016-12-15 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 227.41, high: 228.23, low: 225.37, close: 225.88, volume: 142501800, daily change: -0.0083
News headlines:
Oil Prices Gain After Kuwait Supply-Cut Reports; Pressure From Strong Dollar Persists
Fortescue CEO Says Alliance With Vale Appears Shaky
Chinese Equities Slip as Bond Market Woes Spill Into Stocks
China’s Currency Manipulation, Caught in Two Charts
HyperScience’s AI Attracts $18 Million Led by Felicis Ventures
American Idol Lenders Sue Apollo, 21st Century Fox
Peru Central Bank Keeps Reference Interest Rate Unchanged at 4.25%
Financial Shares Help Steady Dow
Poinsettias’ Popularity Wilts—With Some Growers, at Least
Dollar Touches 14-Year High as U.S. Prepares for Higher Rates
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Dec. 15
Priceline Names Glenn Fogel CEO
Judge Presses Archdiocese, Victims to Resolve Chapter 11 Case
Malaysia’s Vulnerability Exposed
Intesa Sanpaolo Fined $235 Million by New York Regulator
Kroger Seeks to Cut Costs With Voluntary Retirement Plan
Asian Morning Briefing: Stocks Rise After Fed Move
SEC Takes No Further Action Against Wells Fargo Over Portfolio Accounting
Administration Blocks Two Mining Leases in Minnesota
Rep. Scott Garrett Meets With Trump Transition Team
Adobe Systems Profits Helped by Subscription Revenue
Senior New York Fed Bank Examiner, Bruce Richards, Is Leaving
Nucor Agrees to Acquire Republic Conduit for $335 Million
Fed Chairwoman Yellen to Speak About Labor Market
Chinese Investors’ Deal for Chicago Stock Exchange Clears U.S. Security Hurdle
House Conservative Group Spells Out Rules It Wants Donald Trump to Kill
Genco Can Pay Nearly $20 Million in Pre-Bankruptcy Trade Debt
Accused J.P. Morgan Hacker Declined Russian Asylum Offer
Dow Chemical to Redeem Cash-Draining Preferred Stock Held by Buffett
Central Banks Show Caution Following the Fed’s Rate Increase
Home Builders’ Confidence Rises in Anticipation of Trump Boost
Natural Gas Prices See Sharp Decline on Fear of Warmer Weather
Allergan Agrees to $38 Million Settlement Over Marketing, Sales Practices
Crude Prices Fall Over Demand Concerns
Chesapeake Energy Drills Deeper for Profit
Delta Airlines Sees Operating Margins Down Some in 2017
Sanderson Farms Profit Climbs
DOT Says Airlines Didn’t Manipulate Prices After 2015 Amtrak Derailment
International Standards Necessary for Financial Cybersecurity
Bank of Mexico Moves Policy Rate Half Percentage Point Higher
Wells Fargo to End Broker Bonuses Tied to Loan Sales
Murphy Energy Announces Top Auction Bids
Fitzgerald’s Take: Yellowstone Trustee Settles With Tim Blixseth’s Ex-Wife
Federal Reserve Adopts Bailout-Prevention Rule
Fitzgerald’s Take: Yellowstone Trustee Settles With Tim Blixseth Ex-Wife
DeVry Settles FTC Suit Alleging False Ads for $100 Million
The Keys to Success From Ad Legend Keith Reinhard
Harman Shareholder Plans to Vote Against Sale to Samsung
World Bank Donors Commit to Record Amount to Meet Demand for Financing
Calpers: A 7.5% Annual Return Is No Longer Realistic
In Oil Face-Off, Saudis, Shale Both Claim Victory
PayPal Taps Citigroup For New Mobile Push
U.S. Consumer Prices Posted Fourth Straight Rise in November
Tightened Financial Conditions and Declines in Output
Voices: Thinking of a New Practice Model? First, Identify Your Top Clients’ Needs
Fed’s Rate Increase Ratchets Up Pressure on China’s Yuan
Brexit, Geopolitical Uncertainties Pose New Risks for Eurozone Banks, ECB Warns
Heineken Buys 1,900 U.K. Pubs
Man Surrenders to Face Charges in J.P. Morgan Cyberattack
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall
U.S. Judge Approves Abengoa Debt-Restructuring Plan
Big Hospital Operator Retreats From Health-Insurance Foray
Madoff Investors to Receive a $252 Million Payout
Back from the Brink: European Bank Shares
Yahoo and Other Breaches Drive Surge in Corporate Hacking Insurance
Optima Specialty Steel Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
EDF’s 2017 Profit Warning Sends Shares Lower
Philadelphia Fed Report Finds Pickup in Manufacturing Growth
N.Y. Manufacturing Activity Growth Tops Expectations
Eurozone Economy, Prices Accelerate in Fourth Quarter, Survey Suggests
Fed Finishes TLAC Today | Panicky Investors Prompt Chinese Bond Halt | Citi, Wells Among Worst on Complaints | CFPB: College Bank Fees Too High | Michaels’s Take: Rule Hated by Mutual Funds Could Still Happen
Credit Suisse Hires New Stock-Trading Head from UBS
AirAsia X Plans to Fly to U.S. in 2017
Eli Lilly Gives Bullish Outlook
Michaels’s Take: Rule Hated by Mutual Funds Could Still Happen
Harrison’s Take: The Fed and the Thorny Fiscal Question
Flight-Tracking App Hopper Raises $62 Million in Expansion Bid
Databricks Raises $60 Million to Provide Big-Data Platform
Geron’s Take: Trump, Silicon Valley and the American Worker
Springbot Raises $10 Million Series B
BOE Holds Rates, Flags Global Risks
Fed Finishes TLAC Today | Panicky Investors Prompt Chinese Bond Halt | Citi, Wells Among Worst on Complaints | CFPB: College Bank Fees Too High | Michaels’s Take: Rule Hated by Mutual Funds Could Still Happen
Flat Auto Sales Cloud U.S. Growth Outlook
Primer on a Byzantine Rule: Fed Poised to Clear TLAC
Inflation Pickup May Falter on Weak Wage Growth
SNB Holds Rates as it Battles Strong Franc
Bank Indonesia Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
As ‘Great Wall’ Hits Theaters, Hollywood Is Watching
Goldman Sachs Looks to Spread Banker Web Beyond New York
GBP/USD Hits 2-Week Low After Fed; BOE May Temper Falls
Norway Leaves Key Rate Unchanged at 0.5%
Asia Stocks Fall Following Fed Rate Increase
Royal Dutch Shell CFO Steps Down
Zinc Soars on Demand for Better Cars in China and India
Fed Lifts Rates, Signals More Increases Next Year
Hong Kong Monetary Authority Raises Base Rate
Australia’s Unemployment Rate Rises in November Despite Bump in Jobs
Citi, Wells Fargo Among Banks With Most Consumer Complaints
Bombardier Expects Revenue Growth in 2017
Market direction: Fall