Date: 2016-01-19 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 186.77, high: 188.76, low: 185.52, close: 187.81, volume: 324846400, daily change: -0.0215
News headlines:
Italian Banks’ Bad Loans Continue to Mount
DHL Drone Demonstration Fails to Deliver
Hang Seng Index Plunges Amid Weak Local Currency
New Zealand House Prices Rise in December - REINZ
China Foreign Direct Investment Drops 5.8% on Year in December
Shareholder Urges Ashland to Halt Valvoline Spinoff
Regulators Move to Speed Collection of Bond Data
Nymex Crude Under Pressure on U.S. Stockpile Concerns
AMD Revenue Tumbles, but Loss Narrows
A Davos Welcome From the Journal’s Editor in Chief
Bank of America, Morgan Stanley Ready to Cut More Costs More
Gun Maker Bets on Sporting Goods
Rising Debt in Emerging Markets Poses Global Threat
Stocks’ Gains Limited by Drop in Oil
Husky Energy Slashes Budget, Suspends Dividend
J.C. Penney to Sell Appliances Again
BHP Cuts a Forecast Amid Dividend Fears
High Court to Weigh Limits on Insider Trading Prosecutions
Lawmakers Dispute Method to Identify Victims of Racial Bias in Auto Lending
UnitedHealth Raises Forecast for Losses on Affordable Care Act Plans
Brookfield Asset Management Offers All Cash for Rouse Properties
J&J Cutting 3,000 Jobs in Medical-Devices Division
Wealth Management Is No Sure Bet for Wall Street Revenue
Bloomberg Fights Court Order to Detail Contacts With Molycorp Advisers
Man Convicted of Fraud Scheme Gets Prison Sentence
U.S. Budget Deficit to Grow for First Time Since 2009
Cree Posts Better-Than-Expected Results
Asian Morning Briefing: Stocks Notch Modest Gains
Unfinished Apartments Haunt Home Buyers in Indian Cities
Dollar Strengthens Against Major Rivals
Hedge Fund Trian Partners Is Down Nearly 10% This Year
Sovran to Buy $398 Million in Self-Storage Facilities, Sell Shares
Home Depot Replaces Head of U.S. Stores Business
Interactive Brokers Profit, Revenue Increase
Viacom CEO Dauman Tries to Keep Distance From Redstone Lawsuit
Eni’s Arctic Oil Field Approved After Delays and Overruns
Saudi Arabia and Iran Tussle Over Exports to China
Total CEO Warns of Weaker Profit Amid Oil Price Collapse
VW Hires Former BMW Executive for North American Operations
Park Place of Elmhurst Retirement Community Files for Bankruptcy
Alcoa to Delay Idling of Washington Smelting Operation
Natural Gas Retreats on Warmer Forecasts
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Takes Macy’s Stake
U.S. Oil Divided on Meaning of End of Iran Sanctions
Boards Get More Independent, but Ties Endure
Potash Corp. to Suspend New Brunswick Operations
The IMF Needs More Lagarde
Gold Down on Stronger Stocks, Weak Crude Oil
Kansas City Fed Examines Impact of Low Oil Prices, Strong Dollar on Inflation
Delta Swings to Profit on Lower Fuel Costs
Eike Batista Transfers Hotel, Other Assets to Mubadala
Asics U.S. Retailer Files for Bankruptcy Amid Legal Battle
Canadian Pacific Says Competitors Trying to Block Norfolk Southern Deal
Voices: How to Help Interns Develop Into Valuable Employees
Tyco Reaches Resolution with IRS
Energy Drags on Comerica Earnings
Turkey Shelves Monetary Policy Shift Despite Soaring Inflation
International Shift Shrinks Merrill Lynch Herd
Volkswagen Names Hinrich Woebcken North America Head
Bank of America’s Results Gain, as Legal Costs Fall
Norwegian Air Frustrated by U.S. Regulatory Delay
China Worries Weigh Ahead of ECB Decision
GM to Import Plug-In Hybrid Cadillac CT6 From China
Verso Skips Payment on $1.34 Billion in Bonds
U.S. Home Builders Remain Optimistic, See Moderate Growth
Iranian Aircraft Deals Ready for Takeoff
Univision Takes Minority Stake In Onion Inc.
Statoil Nearly Halves Costs of Delayed Arctic Project
Copper Climbs on Tepid Chinese Data
Merrill’s Broker Herd Eyes Greener Pastures
Iran Follows Saudi Oil-Price Cut in Europe
M&T Bank Tops Expectations
Acorda Acquires Biotie for $363 Million
Carl Icahn Again Pushes for AIG Split in Wake of MetLife’s Breakup Plans
Morgan Stanley Swings to Profit Despite Slump in Debt Trading
Eli Lilly Seeks Approval for Rheumatoid-Arthritis Drug
Yen Dips on China Data but Outlook Stays Positive
Atlas Air Agrees to Acquire Southern Air Holdings for $110 Million
Charles Schwab Results Top Expectations
Waste Connections, Progressive Waste Strike Inversion Deal
Sam’s Club to Accept Visa Credit Cards
Allegheny Technologies to Book $267 Million in Charges
Tenet to Add Two Glenview Capital Partners to Board
Tiffany Cuts Guidance, Staff on Soft Holiday Sales
Oil Market Could ‘Drown in Oversupply’
Bank of England’s Carney Signals Rates to Stay Low
China PBOC to Inject $91 Billion Into Financial Market
Hannon’s Take: The Fed Stays Out of the Picture
Report Recommends Beefing Up Riksbank’s Powers
Republic Airways CEO Says Labor Accord Has Halved Pilot Losses
BTG Pactual’s Net Profit Jumps 45% in Fourth Quarter
ECB Says Financing Conditions to Improve for Eurozone Firms
Goldman Sachs Wants to Make More Giant Loans
Renault to Recall Over 15,000 Vehicles
U.K. Inflation Was Lowest on Record in 2015
Eurozone Current Account Surplus Widened in November
The Price of Oil, China, and Stock Market Herding
China Shares Rally as China Reports GDP Growth at 6.9%
Positive Session for New Zealand Shares
BOJ Gov Kuroda: Have Tools Needed to Achieve 2% Inflation
Wounded Markets Grapple With China Woes, Fed Policy
Market direction: Fall