Date: 2015-12-03 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 210.62, high: 211, low: 208.23, close: 208.53, volume: 108441300, daily change: -0.0102
News headlines:
Crude Oil Prices Edge Higher Ahead of OPEC Meeting
Avon in Talks to Sell North American Business to Cerberus
Coldplay to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show
Goldman Tries a New Commodities Play
Crowded Trades Collapse
Kroger Lifts Outlook Again as Profit Rises
Senate Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood, Gut Health Law
Top Rubber-Producing Countries Aim to Set Up New Trading Platform
ECB Move Crushes Hopeful Markets
Activist Investor Urges Bob Evans to Sell Packaged-Foods Business
Barnes & Noble Swings to Loss as Sales Slide
OPEC Internal Report Warns Oil Prices to Remain Depressed
NRG Energy CEO Crane Resigns
Euro Jumps in Broad Rally
Suncor Extends Takeover Bid Deadline for Canadian Oil Sands
2015 Becomes the Biggest M&A Year
J. Crew Names New Financial Chief
Jury Convicts Former Massey CEO Don Blankenship of Conspiracy
Raymond James Buys Deutsche Bank  Unit
Sears Holdings Revenue Slides
Danaher Split Puts Industrial Units Into Entity Called Fortive Corp.
A Puzzle Janet Yellen Can’t Solve With a Rate Rise
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Drop as ECB Disappoints
Gap Reports Drop in November Sales
AIG Dismisses Four Executives in Real-Estate Group
Cooper Cos. Outlook Falls Short of Consensus Views
Zumiez Gives Downbeat Earnings Outlook for Holiday Quarter
St. Louis Fed Looks at International R&D Spillovers and Asset Prices
Ulta Salon Beats Expectations, Raises Guidance
OPEC Argues Over Oil Production Cuts
Rinehart to Flood Iron-Ore Market With Fresh Supply
Five Below Shares Rise on Better Than Expected Profit
Gold Rises in Step With Euro
Dollar Weakens as ECB Disappoints
Fiat Chrysler Has a Hybrid Minivan
Medtronic Revenue Rises
Vantage Drilling Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Anglo American Plans to Slash Dividend
ECB Moves Roil Markets; Euro Soars
U.S. Stocks Drop More Than 250 Points as ECB Disappoints
Natural Gas Gains as Stockpiles Shrink
Oil Prices Gain on Weaker Dollar
Guess Which Funds Missed the Gain, and Pain, of Valeant
Brazil Markets Rise on Impeachment Move Against Rousseff
SEC Charges Three Chicago Traders with Spoofing Option Orders
In Fight Against Counterfeits, Even Raids Can Be Fake
Fiat Chrysler Approves Ferrari Spinoff
Energy Future Wins Chapter 11 Plan Confirmation
Morgan Stanley to Recruit Credit Suisse’s Latin America Brokers
Draghi Didn’t Press for More Stimulus Than What ECB Unveiled
Fed’s Fischer Says Financial System Far Less Vulnerable
Agri-Fine Files Chapter 11 as Commodity Prices Fall
Bundesbank’s Weidmann Signals Opposition to ECB Measures
December Meeting A ‘Live Option’ For Rate Increase, Yellen Says
EU Hits McDonald’s With Full-Blown Tax Investigation
More Stimulative Fiscal Policy Would Give Fed Room on Rates, Yellen Says
S&P Cuts Ratings on Systemically Important U.S. Banks
Fed’s Yellen Emphasizes Slow Pace of Rate Increases
Yellen: 100,000 Jobs Enough to Absorb New Labor Force Entrants
Copper Prices Pull Higher as Dollar Slips
ECB Policy Decision Sufficient to Boost Inflation, Says ECB’s Mersch
Janet Yellen Testifies Before Joint Economic Committee
Yellen: Don’t Expect Borrowing to Fall When Interest Rates Start to Rise
Yellen: Tapping Fed to Pay For Highway Bill ‘Concerns Me’
ISM Services PMI Falls to 55.9 in November
ECB’s Interest Rate Decision is Challenge for Eurozone’s Neighbors
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise
Geopolitical Risk One Factor Behind Household Caution, Yellen Says
Yellen: Strong Dollar Will Lead to ‘Gradual’ Monetary Policy
Denmark Leaves Rates Unchanged
The ECB’s Road to QE2
Home Spas That Rival Those in Big Hotels
Draghi: ECB Policies Are Effective; Deposit Rate Cut Is Adequate
Sears Canada Reports Narrower Loss
Polycom to Cut 11% of its Workforce
VTech Hires Cyber Forensic Team, Cooperating With Authorities After Data Breach
Falcon Courted Emerging-Market Clients in Turnaround
U.S. Bond Yields Hit Session High
Costco Shares Rise on Upbeat Sales Report
OPEC’s Strategy Slips in Asia
Michaels Profits Jump 20% Amid Store Refresh
AB InBev Confirms It Wants to Sell Grolsch, Peroni Brands
Almost Missing a Tax Break on Employer Stock in a 401(k)
Dollar General Says Profit Tops Expectations, But Lowers Sales Guidance
Toronto-Dominion Bank’s Profit Tops Expectations
Express Profit Soars on Fewer Promotions
CIBC Raises Dividend as Profit Tops Expectations
GE Capital Enters Talks to Unload European Financing Businesses
Gearing Up for Full-On ECB Thursday
BOJ’s Kiuchi Casts Doubt on Japan’s Inflation Prospects
Brazil’s Central Bank Open to a Tightening Cycle
Barclays to Sell Italian Retail Banking Business to CheBanca!
The ECB and Inequality
Japan Hopes Tax Cut Will Usher in Bigger Pay Raises
Eurozone Growth Slower Than Previously Estimated
Nigeria Reduces MTN Group Fine by $1.8 Billion
Most Asian Shares Fall on Lower Oil, Fed Comments
Hong Kong Regulator Bans Staff From Referring Job Candidates to Banks
Euro Dips Ahead of ECB Meeting
Swiss Probe of Malaysia’s 1MDB Puts Falcon Bank in Spotlight
Australian Listings May Thin Out After Profit Warnings
OPEC’s Faith in Oil Demand Rise Rests on Shaky Ground
Market direction: Rise