Date: 2015-08-05 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 209.7, high: 210.25, low: 208.8, close: 209.38, volume: 81820800, daily change: -0.002
News headlines:
Activist Ackman Takes $5.5 Billion Stake in Snacks Giant Mondelez
Kraft Heinz Is Still Taking Shape After Its Own Merger
Inside Royal Bank of Canada’s Latin Misadventure
Keurig Stock Plunge Heaps Pressure on Soda Gadget
Ackman’s Investment Is Latest Jolt for Mondelez
Obama Challenges ‘Mindset’ of Force
Former Wilmington Trust President, 3 Others Indicted
SEC Approves CEO Pay-Ratio Rule
Planet Fitness IPO Prices at $16 a Share
This Precious Metal Needs Silver Bullet
M&T Bank Says It’s Under Federal Investigation
U.S. Probes Och-Ziff’s Link to $100 Million Loan to Mugabe
Barrick Gold Cuts Dividend, Posts Loss
Lockhart Elaborates on Economic Forecasts, Real Estate: Q&A Part 2
SEC Tries Flipping Witnesses
CBS Profit Falls But Revenue Up Slightly
Where the Elderly Can Age in Place
Transocean Profit Narrows Sharply
CF Industries Sees Revenue Fall
Molson Coors Earnings: What to Watch
Energy Transfer Equity Profit Soars on Lower Costs
Irwin Lipkin Sentenced in Madoff Case
Herbalife Shares Rise After Results Beat Expectations
Rare Lizard Thwarts Indian Giant
Marathon Oil Swings to a Loss
Canada’s Sun Life Posts Higher Profit
Asian Morning Briefing: S&P 500 Rises Ahead of Jobs Report
Weight Watchers Posts Better-Than-Expected Profit
CFPB Proposes Fifth Third Bancorp Change Auto-Lending Practices
Dollar Rises on Interest-Rate Hopes
S&P 500 Higher as Jobs Friday Looms
London City Airport to Go Up for Sale
Prudential Sees 2nd-Quarter Operating Profit Rise 16.9%
Pemex Cuts Back on Rigs as Oil Price Languishes
Top Canaccord Genuity Investment Banker Joins Oxford Park Group
Third Point Discloses 7% Stake in Baxter
Natural Gas Gives up Gains
Oil Prices Fall to Multi-Month Lows
U.S. Trade Gap Expands 7%
Analysts See Small Build in Natural-Gas Inventories
Time Warner Earnings Tops Views
Magyar Telekom Posts 8.1% Profit Increase
Perrigo Revenue Rises
Ukraine, Bondholder Talks Take Step Backward
Sunrun Opens Down in IPO
ICE Profit Up Despite Low Volumes
Federal Judge Deals Another Blow to SEC Administrative Court
Fiat Chrysler U.S. Arm’s Profit Falls
Ralph Lauren Sales, Profit Tumble
UniCredit Profit Up as Bad Loans Fall
Stocks Propelled by Earnings, China Data
RetailMeNot Swings to a Loss, Cuts Guidance
Fed’s Powell: No Decision Yet on September Rate Move
IMF’s Currency Reservations Send  China’s Yuan Lower
Wendy’s Revenue Falls, As Chain Continues to Sell Restaurants
U.S. Service Sector Expands
U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Fall Again
Overseas Bookings Power Priceline Sales Gains
Depomed to File Injunction Against Pursuer Horizon
Liberty Media Reports Operating Profit Decline
Freeport-McMoRan to Cut Oil-and-Gas Spending
Hospital Operator HCA Reports Higher Profits, Admissions
Virtu Financial Starts Trading in China
SodaStream Hurt By Forex, Low Demand
SolarCity to Buy Mexican Solar Developer Ilioss
Morgan Stanley Hires New Canada Equity Sales, Trading Head
Allergan Changes Deal for Kythera
Chinese Retail Investors Flee Plunging Markets
Chesapeake Energy Takes $4 Billion Write-Down Amid Weak Oil Prices
ECB Leaves Emergency Lending to Greek Banks Unchanged
Eurozone Retail Sales Fall Sharply
Cognizant’s Revenue Rises Amid Health-Care Growth
How Advisers Can Make Smarter Use of Their Time
Dominion Earnings Rise
Dollar Still Strong After Lockhart Comments
ING Boosted by Growing Loan Book
Discovery Communications Reports Weak Revenue Growth
Standard Chartered Slashes Dividend
Lumber Liquidators Swings to Loss
Société Générale Boosted by Market Volatility
Mediobanca Eyes Iran Opportunities
Asian Shares Gain; China Falls as Investors Lack Clarity
Bank of Thailand Keeps Benchmark Rate Unchanged
Hong Kong PMI Falls During July on China Orders; Stocks Up
Activists Campaign to Thwart Rate Rises
Shire Mounts $30.6 Billion Bid for Biotech
Kate Spade Swings to Profit
Market direction: Fall