Date: 2016-03-07 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 200.01, high: 201.35, low: 199.03, close: 200.43, volume: 129293600, daily change: 0.0033
News headlines:
New Zealand Shares Rise 0.4%
China Construction is First China Bank to Help Set Silver Price
Fed Denies Breach of Bangladesh Central Bank Account
Iron Ore Soars on Expectation of China Stimulus
China Feb Exports -25.4% on Year
Oil Prices Pare Gains; Brent Remains Above $40
GM, Ford Post China Sales Declines
Australian Business Conditions Rebound
Nickel Can’t Find a Silver Lining
BATS Global Markets 2015 Profit Surges 67% Ahead of IPO
The Contradictions of Trump and Why He Moves Past Them
Smucker Names Mark T. Smucker CEO
Japan Posts Current Account Surplus in January
Central Clearing Doesn’t End Risk
Justice Department, SEC Investigating Visium
Speaker’s Office Dubs Fiduciary Rule ‘Obamacare for Financial Planning’
Junk-Bond Rebound Signals Easing Fear
FDIC Chief Warns Banks of Risks
Gift Cards Feel Pinch of New Rules
McClendon Bet Big to Fund Second Act
Chevron Begins LNG Production Off Australia
Illumina CEO Flatley To Step Down
MIT Research Looks at the Crisis in American Entrepreneurship
EDF Shares Dive After CFO Quits Over U.K. Nuclear Spat
United Continental Appoints Three New Board Members
United Natural Profit Falls 19% on Higher Costs
Bloomberg LP Creating Leadership Succession Plan
CFPB Increases Scrutiny of Online Lenders
Officials Defend Postcrisis Financial Rules
Air Force Names Partners for New Bomber
Dollar Falls Against Euro, Yen
SEC’s Corporate-Social-Responsibility Loophole
Casey’s General Stores Profit Falls
Shake Shack Posts Lackluster Sales Guidance
Fortescue, Vale Mull Iron-Ore Supply Ventures
Aubrey McClendon Remembered, Mourned
Urban Outfitters Profit Falls But Tops Expectations
U.S. Consumer Borrowing Slows Amid Market Turmoil
Fed’s Fischer: Dodd-Frank Was ‘Essential’
Obama, Regulators Lay Out Next Steps
Energy Sector Pushes Up Stocks
Restaurant Chain Buffets LLC Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Natural Gas Extends Rebound
Amid Global Slowdown, U.S. Gets Miscast as Savior
Investors Try to Push Half-Built Cancer Center Into Bankruptcy
Gold Retreats From 13-Month Highs
Voices: Tips for Working With Professional Athletes
Oil Prices Lifted by Supply-Cut Hopes
Obama Defends Financial-Regulation Record, Sets Priorities
Mexico’s Cemex Secures Extension on Debt Ratios
Mattress Shopping Simplified
Reasonable to Ask New Laws’ Effect on Liquidity -- Fed Economist
Fed’s Fischer: U.S. Could See More Periods of Near-Zero Interest Rates
Pepco, Exelon Propose Changes to Save Merger
Indian Tribunal Halts Diageo Payment to Vijay Mallya
OCC Chief Says Agency Weighing Anti-Money-Laundering Guidance
Valeant Expects to Report Results, Update Guidance Next Week
Lael Brainard: SIFI Capital Surcharge Should Be Part of Fed Stress Tests
Fed’s Brainard Keeps Cautious View on U.S. Economic Outlook
San Francisco Federal Reserve: Wage Picture Complex
Treasury Official Calls for Greater Foreign Bank Policies
U.K. Judge Adjourns Tug-of-War Case over Libyan Sovereign Wealth Fund
EU Financial Transaction Tax Discussions Continue
Univision Blacked Out for AT&T’s U-Verse Customers
Egypt Replaces Head of Agriculture Quarantine Authority
Conference Board: Employment Trends Index Dips in February
Wall Street Bonuses Fell in 2015
ComScore Delays Investor Day, Suspends Stock Buyback
Silver Standard to Buy Claude Resources for About $253 Million
AvtoVAZ CEO Andersson to Step Down
American Financial Group Proposes New National Interstate Offer
Southern Europe Lenders Squeezed
What’s the Deal
Alibaba’s Ant Financial Valued at More Than $50 Billion
Dollar Falls Against the Yen on Kuroda Comments
To Whom Should a Client Leave His IRA?
Schlesinger’s Take: Why a Small Fine Against Dwolla Is a Big Deal
Sasol Boosts Cost Savings as Oil Price Hits Profit
Hilsenrath’s Take: China Doubles Down on Risky Growth Targeting
Barclays Appoints New Team to Strengthen M&A Business
Schlesinger’s Take: Why a Small Fine Against Dwolla Is a Big Deal
Europe’s Banks Find Dumping Ground for Losses
Old Mutual Shares Soar on Breakup Speculation
UAE Energy Minister Sees Global Crude Markets Correcting
U.K. Competition Watchdog Extends Retail-Banking Investigation
China Shares Climb
Kuroda Plays Down Likelihood of More Stimulus at Next Policy Meeting
Kuroda Adds to Fuzziness Over Definition of Deflation
Hillary Clinton’s New Gambit: Auto Bailout vs. Wall Street Ties
China Finance Minister Vows to Complete Tax Overhaul This Year
Falling Prices Test Chevron’s Multibillion-Dollar Gorgon Gas Bet
Market direction: Fall