Date: 2017-04-04 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 235.8, high: 236.03, low: 233.91, close: 235.33, volume: 85546500, daily change: -0.0017
News headlines:
Nikkei Up, Led by Electronics and Industrials
U.S. Companies Expected to Post Strongest Quarter Since 2011
Australia Bank Regulator Says It Isn’t Targeting House Prices
NFL and Amazon Reach One-Year Streaming Deal For About $50 Million
McDonald’s U.S. Marketing Chief to Leave
Fed’s Lacker Resigns Over Leak, Dealing Blow to Bank’s Credibility
Analysis: Lacker’s Leak-Related Exit Could Chill Fed Communication Efforts
Judge Clears Angelica Executives to Spend Bankruptcy Loan
U.S. Stocks Buoyed by Manufacturing, Energy Sectors
Staples Explores Sale After Failed Office Depot Deal
SunEdison, Creditors Stake Their Ground Ahead of Looming Legal Battles
Hedge Funds Win Court Fight Involving BofA Mortgage-Bond Settlement
House Approves Bill to Ease Employee Stock Rules
Syngenta-ChemChina Deal Gets U.S. Regulatory Clearance
Shoe Retailer Payless Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Two Italian Banks Say ECB Blesses ‘Precautionary Recapitalization’
Economists Predict Modest Shrinkage In Fed’s Balance Sheet
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Jamie Dimon: Time to ‘Open Up the Rulebook’
Fed’s Tarullo Opens Door to Changes in Stress Tests, Volcker Rule
U.S. Crude-Oil Stockpiles Seen Decreasing
More Consumers Tap Watchdog’s Complaint Portal to Resolve Fights With Banks
A Pimco Fund Just Became the Biggest Active Bond Fund, and It Wasn’t Bill Gross’s
Oil Prices Rise on Continued OPEC Bet
U.S. Dollar, Yen Rise on Investor Caution
U.S. Factory Orders Up 1% in February
Avaya Cleared to Test $100 Million Bid at Auction
Metals: Gold Gains on Weak U.S. Data
U.S. Trade Gap Shrinks as Exports Rise
Natural Gas Settles Higher on Rising Demand Expectations
Gleason’s Take: Westinghouse Bankruptcy Expected to Hit Utilities
Gleason’s Take: Westinghouse Bankruptcy Expected to Hit Utilities
Citadel Hires Ex-SEC Director Luparello as General Counsel
Boeing Agrees to First Plane Sale to Iran Under Trump
Gold, Yen, Bonds Gain as Investors Step Up Safety Plays
Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia
Global Central Banking in 2017: Second-Quarter Update
Minority Communities Need the CFPB
GOP Financial Deregulatory Goals Run Counter to Financial Stability
Bankruptcy Briefing: Energy Future Bonds and Westinghouse’s Chapter 11 Filing
Utilities New Jersey Resources, South Jersey Industries Hold Merger Talks
Firm Retention Summary: Gander Mountain Co.
Berkshire Cuts 289 Jobs at Newspaper Division
NASA, Contractors Weigh Plans for Exploration Gateway
More 401(k) Plans Turn to Managed Accounts for Autoenrolled Workers
Ralph Lauren to Close One of Its Main New York Stores
Exxon Eyes Brazil Expansion
AmTrust Revises Earnings From Last Three Years
Seadrill Warns of ’Likely’ Bankruptcy Filing in U.S. or U.K.
ISM-New York Outlook Hits Multiyear High
US Treasurys Trim Earlier Gains
U.S. Shows China How the Sausage Is Made
Rubin’s Take: Populists, Globalists Clash on Financial Integration
Dodd-Frank Vote Not Before Summer | SEC Pick Vetted by Executives Close to Trump | Fed’s Kashkari on Too Big to Fail | Banks Turn to Bitcoin Technology to Modernize Commodities Trading | Rubin’s Take: Populists, Globalists Clash on Financial Integration
Gamification Guru Takes Aim at Tech Addiction
Health Data Startup Amino Raises $25 Million
Chernova’s Take: At Yext, a Late-Stage Pivot Pays Off
U.S. Manufacturing Breathes Life Into Tool Startups
Dodd-Frank Vote Not Before Summer | SEC Pick Vetted by Executives Close to Trump | Fed’s Kashkari on Too Big to Fail | Banks Turn to Bitcoin Technology to Modernize Commodities Trading | Rubin’s Take: Populists, Globalists Clash on Financial Integration
Toshiba to Buy Engie’s Stake in U.K. Nuclear Venture
Gillette, Bleeding Market Share, Cuts Prices of Razors
Banks Turn to Virtual World to Modernize Commodities Trading
Blackstone’s Take: Rate Differentials Back to the Fore, Boosting Franc
Firm Founded by U.S. Commerce Secretary to Form China Venture
European Debt’s Biggest Buyer Becomes Its Biggest Risk
Singapore Dollar Lower Against USD Late Tuesday
ECB’s QE Should Target Weak Countries
Australia’s Central Bank Caught Between Soft Labor and Hot Property
Eurozone Retail Sales Rise for Second Month
Boeing Adds Seat Deals to Smooth Out Supply Chain
U.S. Factory Activity Continued to Expand in March
Australian Bank Accounts Under Scrutiny in Tax Evasion Probe
Randles’s Take: Alpha Wins Approval on Black Lung Settlement
Randles’s Take: Alpha Wins Approval on Black Lung Settlement
Market direction: Neutral