Date: 2016-10-31 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 213.14, high: 213.93, low: 211.71, close: 212.54, volume: 140623200, daily change: -0.003
News headlines:
Reserve Bank of Australia Keeps Cash Rate Target at 1.5%
Southwest Flight Attendants Approve New Labor Contract
GE’s CEO Immelt Revamps Strategy With Oil Deal
Couch-Surfing Fugitive Longs for His Old Wall Street Life
South Korea’s Exports Decline, But at Slower Pace
Asia Faces Event-Packed Day With China PMIs, BOJ, RBA
Security Specialist CounterTack Adds $10M Funding
Dow Falls Third Month in a Row
Brazil’s Vale Cuts Waste Storage Expenditures
Funding Snapshot: A.I. Developer Graphcore Grabs $30M Series A
NextEra Agrees to Deals for Total Control of Oncor
NextEra Seeks Regulatory Nod for Oncor Deals
L Brands Reports Slowdown in Comparable Sales
J.P. Morgan Withheld Payment From Tech Client, Lawsuit Alleges
Occidental Petroleum Acquires Permian Basin Assets for $2 Billion
Judge Orders Independent Manager for China Fishery Group
Anadarko Narrows Loss But Misses Quarterly Revenue, Sales Marks
Coeuré and Carstens Leading Candidates to Head BIS
To Lure Plus-Size Shoppers, One Retailer Will Scrap Plus-Size Department
Mark Carney Hasn’t Just Played a Political Game, He’s Won it Hands Down
Surviving the Perfect Storm: the Role of the Lender of Last Resort
Robo Adviser Wealthfront Co-Founder Andy Rachleff Reclaims CEO Post
Dollar Slips as Investors Await Central Bank Meetings, U.S. Election
Oil Prices Fall as Doubts Grow Over OPEC Deal
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
The Biggest Mistake People Make Nearing Retirement
DraftKings, FanDuel Deal Is Coming Together
EU Kicks Off Corporate-Tax Overhaul
Natural Gas Prices Fall on Warm Weather Concerns
Bankruptcy Judge to Approve Golfsmith Sale
Embraer Net Loss Narrows in Third Quarter
International Shipholding Proposes Sale to Larger Maritime Firm
Brickley’s Take: SunEdison Asked to Shed Light on Projects
Brickley’s Take: SunEdison Asked to Shed Light on Projects
Japan’s Largest Shipping Firms to Merge Container Operations
Lehman Brokerage Trustee: Liquidation ‘Substantially Complete’
Cardinal Health Warns Over Drug Pricing
Grim Year Forecast for Big Shipping Firms
Clinton Could Push Postal Banking Plan
Some Foreign Funds Avoid U.S. Stocks Ahead of Election
Federal Judge Balks at Proposed Deal in Chemical Leak Lawsuit
The Big Number
Citigroup Says CFTC Investigating Banks’ Interest-Rate Swaps
For Advisers, Election Has Stirred Client Concerns
Deutsche Bank Problems Could Prompt Higher Capital Requirements
Performance Sports Looking for Deal by February
Brazil’s Itau Unibanco Profit Falls 9.3%
Zimmer Biomet Cuts Forecasts
CEO to Step Down From StanChart-Controlled Firm in Indonesia
Dallas Fed: Manufacturing And Outlook Remain Positive in Dallas
FBI Email Bombshell Will Be Felt Long After Election
Goldman Sachs Has a New Model: Apple
Chicago PMI Falls to 50.6 in October
U.K.’s May Backs Mark Carney Staying On as BOE Chief
Constellation Brands Buys Brewery from Modelo
U.K. Mortgage Approvals Rise After Post-Brexit Dip
U.S. Consumer Spending Rose 0.5% in September
Banker on Trial in Case Tied to 1MDB Money Laundering
Dominion Midstream to Acquire Questar From Dominion Resources
FDA Rejects Sanofi-Regeneron Arthritis Drug Over Plant Deficiencies
Eurozone Records Modest Growth in Third Quarter
China’s UnionPay Restricts Buying of Overseas Insurance Policies
Southern Co. Revenue and Profit Rise
Blackstone to Acquire Team Health for About $3.2 Billion
Williams, Williams Partners Swing to Profit
WPP Detects First Signs of Brexit Anxiety
Roper Technologies to Buy ConstructConnect for $632 Million
Safety Comes at Steep Prices in Options
Unbabel Gets $5M for AI-Powered Translation Services
Bay City Capital, Deerfield Back Drug-Discovery Startup Bridge Medicines
Garland’s Take: MIT’s ‘The Engine’ Looks to Drive Solutions to Tough Problems
Fairfax and Sagard to Make Joint Bid for Performance Sports Group
Rubin’s Take: For Republicans, Gavel Could Be Mightier Than Veto Pen
A Year in, P&G’s CEO Holds Fast to Company’s Historic Strengths
USD Gains; Risk of Trump Victory Not Seen Too High
Douglas’ Take: Carney’s Big Decisions
Rubin’s Take: For Republicans, Gavel Could Be Mightier Than Veto Pen
Swiss National Bank Lifts Profit on Forex, Gold
Shenzhen Joins Shanghai in Tightening Bond Rules for Developers
Asian Shares Hit by Clinton Probe
Asia Oil Futures Slip as OPEC Deal Doubts Deepen
Asian Markets Absorb U.S., South Korean Political Turmoil
China’s Oil Giants Shrink Their Spending
Market direction: Fall