Date: 2016-09-20 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 214.13, high: 214.88, low: 213.03, close: 213.41, volume: 80250500, daily change: 0.0002
News headlines:
Oil Prices Climb on OPEC Optimism and Declining U.S. Stocks
China State Steel Merger Taps Old Theme: Bigger Is Better
GlaxoSmithKline Names Emma Walmsley as Next CEO
China to Resume Imports of U.S. Beef, Premier Says
Allergan to Buy Tobira Therapeutics in $1.7 Billion Deal
FedEx Lifts Outlook After TNT Buy
Wells Fargo CEO Met With Rancor at Hearing on Sales
SEC Investigating Exxon on Valuing of Assets, Accounting
Record Companies’ U.S. Revenue Up 8.1% in First Half of 2016
Regulators Take Heat Over Wells Fargo
Microsoft Plans $40 Billion Stock Buyback, Raises Dividend
Lennar, KB Home Profits Top Estimates Amid Housing Recovery
Christian Laettner Reaches Deal to Repay Investors
J.P. Morgan Names Berkshire Investment Manager to Board
Wells Fargo Hearing Spotlights Executive Behind Sales Practices
U.S. Stocks Inch Up as Investors Watch Central Banks
Policy Makers Can Make Recessions Worse
Petrobras Cuts Five-Year Investment Plan
Credit Crunch Hurting New Business Growth
BOC’s Poloz Says Tepid U.S. Business Investment Retards Canada’s Export Recovery
Adobe Results Boosted by Subscription Sales
Lawmakers Worry Wells Fargo Sales Practices Hurt Credit Scores
Enbridge, Canada Won’t Appeal Court Ruling on Northern Gateway
The Impact of Chinese Import Competition on France’s Local Structure of Employment and Wages
The Fed Should Resume Raising Interest Rates
A Clear Message That Central Banks are not All-Powerful
U.S. Oil Inventories Seen Increasing
Oil Rebounds on Talk of Russia-Iran-OPEC Cooperation
Dollar Slips Against Yen
Transcript: Wells Fargo Hearing, Panel 2
Transcript: Wells Fargo Hearing, Panel 1
Seed Company Executives Defend Mergers in Washington
New ‘Avatar’ Attraction Aims to Keep Fans Engaged
Natural Gas Prices Rise on Historic Heat
Comcast to Launch Wireless Service by Mid-2017
Fight Over Firms’ Disclosure of Political Donations Continues
Fed Meeting Could Send Signals About Future Rate Increases
Air France-KLM Gives Glum Outlook on Passenger Traffic
U.S. Court Throws Out Judgment Against Chinese Vitamin C Makers
Gold Holds Steady Ahead of Fed, Bank of Japan Meetings
Judge Approves Primorsk Shipping’s Liquidation
Jefferies Says Brexit Impact Small, but Issuance Slows
Palank’s Take: Caesars Bondholders Drop F-Word
Chip Veteran Backs Ambitious, Economical Startup
Hedge Funds Put Megadeal for SABMiller in a Bind
In Wealth Management, Successor Success Hinges On Communication
Siga Gets Court OK to Pay Off Debt to PharmAthene
Harvard Is in an Unusual Spot: Back of the (Investment) Class
Global Geophysical Wins Chapter 11 Plan Confirmation
Nigeria Central Bank Holds Rates Steady
FedEx Earnings: What to Watch
Uber to Open Facility in Detroit Area
Hungary’s Central Bank Embarks on New Growth Route
Allset Raises $2.35M to Speed Up Restaurant Lunches
Fully Autonomous Robots: The Warehouse Workers of the Near Future
U.S. Housing Permits, Starts Fell in August
Colonial Aims to Restart Fuel Pipeline Wednesday
DeVry to Limit Revenue From Federal Funding
Central-Bank Rescues Prove Profitable
Banks Test Blockchain Network to Share Trade Data
France’s Sapin Says Tax Cuts and Spending Won’t Swell Deficit
U.S. Retail Sales Fall in Third Week of September
Kellogg Recalls 10,000 Cases of Waffles on Listeria Concerns
Marriott, Starwood Tie-up Gets Chinese Approval
Weekly Chain-Store Sales Edge Down
Malaysia Oil Firm Petronas Plans Hundreds of Job Cuts
Ad-Targeting Platform 4C Insights Raises $26M
Progressly Raises $6M Series A for Process Management Software
Vroom Raises $50M to Fund Expansion of Online Used-Car Sales
New York’s Fledgling Hardware Startup Scene Looks Past Quirky
TrueFacet Nabs $6M for Marketplace of Used Jewelry
Chernova’s Take: Startup Accommodations Are Put to the Test
Vlocity Raises $50M for Industry Specific Software on Salesforce Platform
Ackerman’s Take: One of These Cases Is Not Like the Others
Ride-Hailing App Grab Raises $750 Million
Hilsenrath’s Take: Fed Likely to Reaffirm December Hike in Dot Plot
GBP/USD Drops Below $1.30 to Hit 1-Month Low
Ackerman’s Take: One of These Cases Is Not Like the Others
New GlaxoSmithKline Chief Joins Very Small Club: Female CEOs in Britain
Cowboys Turn to High-Tech Ear Tags to Monitor Animal Health
Wells Fargo CEO Takes Center Stage at Senate Hearing
KKR Names New Head of Greater China Operations
Asian Markets Desperately Seeking Direction
Some Eurozone Banks’ Capital Requirements to Change
Bullish Bayer Boss Defends Monsanto Deal
Swift Creates Payment Pattern Anomaly Alerts for Customers
Brickley’s Take: Hercules Offshore Braces for Confirmation Fight
Market direction: Rise