Date: 2016-01-21 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 185.03, high: 187.5, low: 181.02, close: 185.65, volume: 286547800, daily change: -0.0128
News headlines:
Australia’s Santos Seeks to Soothe Investor Worries; Shares Rise
Stocks Take a Break From New-Year Rout
Santos Flags Writedowns, Ability to Ride Out Oil-Price Slump
AmEx Offers Gloomy Outlook, as Profit Drops 38%
China Tries to Allay Global Concerns About Its Management of Yuan
Blockchain Startup Gets Big-Bank Backing
Oil Prices Rise; Gains Likely Temporary
Boeing to Cut Production of 747s
Starbucks Gives Soft Profit Outlook
Cerberus Executive Defends Deal With Avon
Energy-Market Slump Weighs on Big Railroads
Japan Road Tests Self-Driving Cars to Keep Aging Motorists Mobile
U.S. Dollar Advances Against the Euro
Judge Encourages Plaintiff to Drop GM Ignition-Switch Lawsuit
J.P. Morgan CEO’s 2015 Pay Up $7 Million From Prior Year
Pearson to Slash 4,000 Jobs, Warns on Profit
Charney Fights American Apparel Exit Plan in Court
Barrick Gold Plans Up to $3 Billion in Writedowns
Activists Beware: Huge Investors Debut New Long-Term Index
J.P. Morgan to Workaholics: Knock It Off
United, Southwest Get a Lift From Low Oil Prices
Asian Morning Briefing: Stocks Rise as Draghi Signals Further Stimulus
Judge Approves Alpha Bonuses After Closing Courtroom
Markets Are Scaring Themselves
Schlumberger Posts Loss, Unveils New Stock Buyback
St. Louis Fed Looks at Issues Facing Low-Income Households
Maxim Integrated Swings to a Profit
Tiffany Authorizes More Share Buybacks
In Emerging Markets, a Clampdown on the Outflow of Funds
E*Trade’s Earnings More Than Double
Ruble Falls to Record Low Against the Dollar
Oil Prices Notch Biggest Gains Since October
How Blackstone Gains From Banks’ Pain
Natural Gas Rebounds as Weather Turns Colder
Mattel Wins Auction for Bankrupt Nabi Tablet Maker
Regional Bank Executives Call Market Selloff Overdone
Frankfurt Court Rules Against McKesson in Celesio Takeover Case
Nigeria Seeks Emergency OPEC Meeting
Carlson Exploring Strategic Options
Canadian Pacific Railway Profit, Revenue Fall
Brazil Central Bank Criticized for Communication Failure After Rates Decision
Union Pacific Profit Hurt by Energy
McDonald’s Earnings: What to Watch
Starbucks Earnings: What to Watch
ECB’s Stimulus Talk Generates Muted Reaction
U.S. Weighing More Antidumping Cases
Alkermes Depression Drug Disappoints
Shkreli Seeks to Shield Congressional Testimony
Cadillac’s Shanghai Plant Opens as China Hit by Lapse in Luxury
Libya’s NOC Says Oil Fire an ‘Environmental Catastrophe’
General Electric Earnings: What to Watch
U.S. Crude Supplies Climb More Than Expected
BNY Mellon Profit Jumps
And the No. 1 Stock Fund of 2015 Was...
ECB’s Draghi Hints at More Stimulus
Market Turmoil Hinders European Banks’ Recovery
DP World to Invest as Much as $2 Billion in Russia
IMF’s Lagarde Gets Strong Support for Second Term
Barclays to Chop 1,000 Investment-Bank Jobs
IAC Realigns Reporting Segments, Changes Ticker
Philly Fed Index Improves, but Still Reflects Contraction
Rémy Cointreau Boosted by China’s Thirst for Cognac
Huntington Bancshares Profit Up 9%
Saudi Arabia Most Resilient Oil Producer, Says Aramco Head
Draghi: ECB Could Reconsider Policy Stance at Next Meeting
Scholastic Nixes Buyback on Market Woes
U.S. Jobless Claims Edge Up, But Remain Near Historic Lows
Brazilian Real Weakens After Central Bank Holds Rates
Southwestern Energy to Lay Off or Trim Roles of 1,100 Workers
KeyCorp Profit Slides on Merger Costs, Charge
Canada’s RBC to Sell Home and Auto Insurance Unit to Aviva
Lower Fuel Costs Help J.B. Hunt Profit
Malaysia Central Bank Looks to Lift Liquidity
United Continental Profit Rises on Lower Fuel Costs
GE Remains Upbeat on China
Hong Kong IPO Could Bring Chinese Lender Out of the Shadows
Fifth Third Profit Rises on Sales Gain
Travelers Earnings Beat Street
PBOC Makes Aggressive Cash Injection
Daimler Boss Says Europe Headed For Slow Lane
Leubsdorf’s Take: Fed Might Need to Show, Not Tell, on ‘Live’ Meetings
Southwest Profit Soars on Cheap Fuel
BB&T Misses Wall Street Expectations
Linde Picked for Gazprom Processing Plant Project
ON Semiconductor Again Extends Fairchild Offer Without Raising Bid
Alphabet Inc. Focused on Creating Long-Term Value
Foreign Banks Reduce Lending to China
Ahold Sales Boosted by Currency Gains
China Stocks Plunge in Whipsaw Trading
Deutsche Bank Stock Tumbles on Profit Warning
Australia’s Broadspectrum Rejects Ferrovial Bid
Some Say BOJ Forward Guidance Is Outdated
Australia New-Home Sales Tumble
GM Enters Car-Sharing Business
Philips Nixes a Chinese Deal, Citing Regulator’s Objection
Market direction: Rise