Date: 2015-12-22 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 201.41, high: 201.88, low: 200.09, close: 201.67, volume: 99094300, daily change: 0.0082
News headlines:
Americans Boost Personal Spending
Delta Restarts Talks With Pilots Union
Japanese Staffing Company Recruit to Buy Dutch Peer
Lease Deals Take Shape on Pier 57
Shell Lowers 2016 Capital-Spending Plan
The Trouble With Sovereign-Wealth Funds
Amazon Seeks to Ease Ties With UPS
Postal Service Surges Past Rivals
African Firms Hit by Dollar Shortages
Noble to Sell Remaining Stake in Noble Agri to Cofco
Ford in Talks With Google on Autonomous-Driving Venture
Cable Deal Hits New Bumps
Bed Bath & Beyond Shares Fall on Guidance Cut
U.S. Stocks Rise as Oil Stabilizes
Turing Searches for Successor to Ex-CEO Shkreli
Bond Market Gauge Shows Investors Skeptical on Rate Increases
Trinity Church Presses Cabela’s on Firearms
Boeing Accepts FAA Penalties Over Quality Control
How to Bet on Oil: Don’t
Slew of Cinemas Slated for New York City in 2016
Columbia House Seeks Revival as Vinyl Finds New Groove
As RV Sales Revive, Buyers Leave the Frills Behind
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Rise as Oil Stabilizes
GDP Growth Revised Lower
U.S., Global Oil Prices Reach Parity
Meredith Assumes Editorial Teams for Martha Stewart Brands
U.S. Crude-Oil Stockpiles Expected to Increase
Natural Gas Retreats as Forecasts Stay Warm
Micron Technology Revenue Falls
Nike’s Profit and Revenue Climb
BHP Raises Death Toll From Brazilian Dam Burst
Larry Summers Says Secular Stagnation Can Be Avoided
The Nordic Labor Market and Migration
U.S. Existing-Home Sales Plunged in November
Online Lenders Pinched by Market Jitters
Commodity-Based Currencies Advance as Oil Rebounds
Lending Club Raises Interest Rates for New Loans
U.S., Europe Split on Cybersecurity Rules for Planes
Songkick Suing Live Nation, Ticketmaster
Former Morgan Stanley Broker Marsh Gets Probation
Nestlé to Shift to Cage-Free Eggs in U.S. by 2020
ConocoPhillips Leaves Russia as It Sells Joint Venture Stake
Tepper’s Appaloosa Asks to See TerraForm Power’s Books
Philippines Approves Dengue Vaccine
Abercrombie Promotes Hollister Head to Chief Merchandiser
ConAgra Profit Tops Expectations
PBOC Allows Financial Institutions to Issue ‘Green Bonds’
Turkish Rate Decision Surprises Markets
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index Rebounds in December
Vonnegut: Coaching Helps Level the Playing Field for Wealth Managers
Qatar National Bank to Pay $2.94 Billion for Turkish Bank
U.S. Retail Sales Decline in First Three Weeks of December: Redbook
Treasurys Lower as Oil Rebounds a Bit
Paychex Earnings Rise
Asia’s Equity Capital Markets a Boon for Bankers in a Wild Year
Tata Steel in Talks to Sell European Business
Hilsenrath’s Take: China Takes a Walk on the Supply Side
Weekly Retail Store Sales Rise 3.6%
National Bank of Poland Signs Swap Deal With Ukraine Central Bank
Express Scripts Gives Strong 2016 Earnings Guidance
Poland Names Rate-Setting Candidates
The Fed’s Risk to Emerging Economies
Search for Elusive ‘Yeti’ Daunting for Holiday Shoppers
China to Continue Debt-Swap Program in 2016
China Shares Rise
BOK: Emerging-Market Instability Could Hit South Korea
Lamb Prices Hit Christmas Dinner Down Under
Azerbaijani Manat Buckles After Government Drops Dollar Peg
Market direction: Rise