Date: 2016-03-17 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 201.6, high: 203.82, low: 201.55, close: 203.34, volume: 129303200, daily change: 0.0058
News headlines:
Global Currencies Soar, Defying Central Bankers
Investigator Says Federal Reserve Review May Involve Other Regulators
Crude Oil Futures Steady in Asia in Wake of Sharp Rally
Keystone Pipeline Operator to Buy Columbia Pipeline
China Home Prices Continue To Climb in February
Bank of Japan Open to Further Asset Purchases, Minutes Show
Dow Turns Positive for 2016
Walgreens, UnitedHealth Form Pharmacy Partnership
BOJ Discussed Expanding Quantitative Easing in January
Manhattan Apartment Sales Hit Speed Bump
Crude Mystery: Where Did 800,000 Barrels of Oil Go?
Former Chicago Fed Analyst Pleads Guilty to Stealing Fed Secrets
Aéropostale Posts Loss, Explores Review
Chile Central Bank Keeps Monetary-Policy Rate at 3.5%
SeaWorld, Under Pressure, Will Stop Breeding Killer Whales
Frontier Airlines Promotes President to CEO
Capital Ratios and Funding Costs
Bumble Bee Recalls Tuna for Possible Contamination
U.S. Oil Prices Hit $40 a Barrel
Shutterfly Names Amazon U.K. Head as New CEO
U.S. Proposes New Gas Pipeline Safety Rules
NBER Paper Examines Network Contagion During the Great Depression
J.P. Morgan Boosts Stock Buyback Authorization by $1.88 Billion
Democrats Take Aim at Activist Investors
Dollar Falls Broadly After Fed’s Caution Surprises
J. Crew Revenue Edges Up on Growth at Madewell Chain
Caterpillar Sees Soft First Quarter Amid Macro Concerns
Natural Gas Reaches One-Month High, Climbing With Crude
Asian Morning Briefing: Dow Turns Positive for 2016
Fed’s Yellen Dispels Idea of Negative Interest Rates
Whole Foods Shifts to Chickens That Grow More Slowly
McKesson to Cut Roughly 4% of Its U.S. Workforce
Jury Awards $500 Million in Johnson & Johnson Hip Case
New York Fed Lawyer Thomas Baxter to Retire In September
Telecom Italia Swings to Loss for Year
Fed Stress Tests Don’t Match Economic Conditions
SEC to Delay Decision on IEX Until June
California Regulators Give Ivanpah Solar Plant More Time
Stuck in the 1970s
Sugar Prices Hit 16-Month Highs
Voices: Final Weeks for Social Security ‘File and Suspend’
Brazilian Court Drops Charges Against Embraer Consultant
Energy Bust Powers Down Heavy-Equipment Sales
RCS Capital Gets Approval for Restructuring Support Agreement
Chad Gifford to Retire From Bank of America Board
Pacific Exploration & Production Considering Buyout Offers
Brazil Central Bank to Reduce Currency-Swap Contract Rollovers
Hoenig: U.S. Will See More New Banks as Economy Improves
Hoenig Says Diverse Voices Are Important at the Fed
Hoenig: ‘No Regrets’ About Opposing Zero Interest Rates
Hoenig Says Basel Committee Work on Leverage Ratio Concerns Him
Hoenig Aims for Living-Will Verdict Soon
U.S. Pension Agency Take Over A&P Plans
Embraer Consultant Says CEO, Others Knew of Bribery
LafargeHolcim Turns More Bullish on Cement Despite Hefty Loss
Don’t Read This Without a Cheat Sheet
French Economy Seen Firming in First Half of 2016
Streak of Low Jobless Claims Longest in More Than Four Decades
Copper Prices Rise on Lower Dollar
Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison May Sell Stake in U.K. Phone Carrier
Mallinckrodt Increases Stock Buyback
Bank of Japan Checking Yen’s Rate Against the Dollar
Conference Board’s Leading Index Rose in February
Philadelphia Fed Index Unexpectedly Jumps
Bank of England Warns EU Referendum May Hurt Economy
Lands’ End Swings to a Loss
Asian Currencies Surge After Federal Reserve’s Decision
Michaels Warns on ‘Choppy’ Retail Environment
USD/JPY Below 111, Lowest Since Late 2014
Hilsenrath’s Take: Caution is Janet Yellen’s Monetary Policy Watchword
Japan’s Inpex to Cut Workforce in Indonesia
Rio Tinto Names New CEO
Egypt’s Central Bank Sells $1.5 Billion in Auction to Cover Imports
Swiss Central Bank Holds Negative Rates Steady
Indonesia’s Central Bank Cuts Rates
Schlesinger’s Take: The Evolving Bank Break-Up Campaign
Brazil’s Caixa Cancels Insurance Unit’s IPO
Norway Cuts Key Rate to Boost Sagging Economy
LSE/Deutsche Börse: Twenty Degrees of Regulation
Lufthansa Warns of Slower Earnings Growth
Schlesinger’s Take: The Evolving Bank Break-Up Campaign
BOJ’s Kuroda Signals Frustration With ‘Sluggish’ Wage Growth
Eurozone Trade Surplus Shrank in January
Asian Shares Rally
New Zealand Shares Edge Higher on GDP Growth
Market direction: Neutral