Date: 2017-06-01 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 241.84, high: 241.88, low: 240.64, close: 241.44, volume: 91796000, daily change: -0.0002
News headlines:
KKR Closes $9.3 Billion Asia Private-Equity Fund
Japan Leads Asian Stocks Higher
Oil Prices Maintain Late U.S. Declines in Asian Trading
Brazil Court Orders Freezing of Joesley Batista Assets
Despite Paris Accord Exit, Companies See Little Change in Strategy
U.S. Stocks Close at Fresh Highs
China Steps Up Support for Its Currency
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--June 1
J.P. Morgan More Than Triples West Side Space
OneWeb Deal for Intelsat Collapsed Over Big Bondholder Haircut
Mavericks Surf Contest Organizers Call Off Bankruptcy Auction
SEC Wades Into ‘Fiduciary Rule’ Debate
Uber’s CFO Search May Prove Difficult
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Next Steps After Finalizing Basel III
UBS to Temporarily Adjust Broker Pay
Catholic Crosiers Order Files for Bankruptcy
Metals: Gold Pulls Back as Dollar Strengthens
Linde, Praxair Boards Approve Merger
Dollar Rallies on Strong Data
As Big Banks Keep Their Distance From Venezuela, Small Ones Get the Deals
Lessons from Leveraged-Lending Guidance
Bankruptcy Watchdog, Shareholders Criticize Paragon Offshore Plan
U.S. Oil Prices Climb on Stockpile Drain
Judge Clears Spending for Taxi Medallions Once Owned by NYC’s ‘Taxi King’
Singapore Investor Piles Into Student Housing in $1.6 Billion Deal
Transcript: Audience Q&A With Fed Governor Jerome Powell in New York
Deere to Buy Road Construction Equipment Maker
U.S. Manufacturing Activity Advances in May
Breitburn Keeps Control of Bankruptcy as Bondholders Talk Equity Raise
Elliott’s Brash Activism Can’t Sway Dutch Paint Giant
Dakota Access Pipeline Starts Shipping Oil
Fed Stress-Test Results Coming June 22, 28
Regulator Bars Ex-Morgan Stanley Broker
Senator: Two-Thirds of Recalled Takata Air Bags Unrepaired
Fast-Food Chains, Upscale Restaurants Want to Bring You Lunch
Wal-Mart Store Workers to Run Deliveries on Commutes
Bank of Mexico Officials Weigh End of Rate-Raising Cycle
Bright Health Is Latest to Fundraise Despite Obamacare Uncertainty
Eli Lilly Financial Chief to Retire After 11 Years in Role
Voices: How to Help Women Clients With End-of-Life Planning
Quietest Month Since 2006 Brings Back Volatility Trade
Taubman Centers Shareholders Vote in Favor of Company’s Board Nominees
Petrobras CEO Says He Has No Plans to Step Down
Fed’s Powell Flags More Rate Rises in Optimistic Take on Economy
Coming Soon: What Auditors Really Think About Company Numbers
China’s Yuan Makes Biggest Leap in Five Months
NBER Paper Studies Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times
Anbang, After a Whirlwind of Western Deals, Has Been Benched by China
American Express Nabs Hilton Credit-Card Deal
Wells Fargo Wealth and Investment Management Head David Carroll to Retire
CEO Pay for Performance: How Smart Are the Targets?
U.S. Jobless Claims Rose to 248,000 Last Week
Transcript: WSJ Interview With Riksbank Gov. Stefan Ingves
A Chance to Restructure the Eurozone’s Financial Architecture
ADP Reports 253,000 Rise in Private Payrolls in May
Barclays Sells Bigger-Than-Expected Stake in Its Africa Business
In Fight With Buffalo Wild Wings, Activist Investor Is Target
China’s Rising Shadow-Banking Sector | How to Go Public Without Wall Street | How Well Do Firms Measure CEO Performance? | Monte Paschi Bailout Gets Green Light | Michaels’s Take: To Fight SEC, It Can Pay to Wait
RiskRecon Raises $12 Million For Risk Management
Startups Weave Voice Technology Into Business Tasks
Geron’s Take: Solving the Gig Economy’s Benefits Puzzle
EU Clears Way for $9.9 Billion State Rescue of Troubled Italian Bank
Michaels’s Take: To Fight SEC, It Can Pay to Wait
China’s Rising Shadow-Banking Sector | How to Go Public Without Wall Street | How Well Do Firms Measure CEO Performance? | Monte Paschi Bailout Gets Green Light | Michaels’s Take: To Fight SEC, It Can Pay to Wait
Harrison’s Take: Deflating Expectations of a Trump Boom
China’s Monetary Conundrum
Small IPOs Boosted by Laws to Encourage Small Businesses
U.K. PMI Data in Focus For Sterling
Riksbank Chief Wants Swedish Government to Cool Red-Hot Property Market
Bicycle Therapeutics Refuels With Series B for Cancer Treatment
Fed’s John Williams Shrugs Off Soft U.S. Inflation
Australian Retail Sales Rebound Sharply in April
China’s Yuan Surges Offshore, With an Apparent Boost From Beijing
China’s Caixin PMI Contracts for First Time in Nearly a Year
Randles’s Take: Breitburn Energy Tries to Thread the Needle With Stakeholders
Returns Soar as Emerging Markets Turn Less Volatile
Market direction: Neutral