Date: 2015-08-12 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 208.97, high: 209.47, low: 207.76, close: 208.67, volume: 126081400, daily change: -0.009
News headlines:
Markets Test China’s Vow to Ease Grip
Bank of Korea Keeps Benchmark Rate Unchanged
Pearson Sells 50% Stake in Publisher of the Economist
South Africa’s Platinum Miners Start Over
U.S. Stocks Stage Late Rally
Macy’s Plans Will Further Alter Face of Brooklyn
What’s the Cost of Bringing Up Baby?
New York Bikers Get a New Hangout
Commercial Real-Estate Prices Stir Bubble Worries
Trading Probe Eyes Ex-Chairman of Dean Foods
Glaxo Finds No Legionnaires’ Risk at North Carolina Plant
China Learns What Happens When You Listen to the Market
Creditors Win Court Victory Against Argentina
The Yuan Isn’t Ready to Be a Global Reserve Currency
Senior Executive Tim Kilpin Leaving Mattel
American Apparel’s Rating Goes Further Into Junk Territory
Movie Studio Offers to Pay for Security at ‘Compton’ Screenings
Citigroup’s ‘Bad Bank’ a Surprise Success
Hedge Fund AQR Fires Trading Head Linked to ITG Probe
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Stage Late Rally
Wells Fargo Mortgage Executive Michael Heid to Retire
Petrobras May Sell Stake in Fuel-Distribution Business
Wayfair Reports Narrower Loss as Sales Grow
U.S. Appeals Ruling in AIG Bailout Dispute
St. Louis Fed Looks at Trade and Labor Market Dynamics
Corn, Soybean Prices Drop
JetBlue Traffic, Capacity Grew in July
Juno Therapeutics Loss Widens
Air Berlin 2nd-Quarter Operating Loss Widens
Farmer-Owned Co-op CHS to Invest in CF Industries Unit
Natural Gas Rises on Hotter Forecasts
Madoff Feeder Fund Lawsuit May Proceed
Dollar Weakens on Growing Fears of Fed Delay
BP Says Indiana Refinery Output Reduced
Citizens Bank Fined for Mishandling Deposits
Oil Prices Bounce, Gasoline Soars on Strong Signs for Demand
U.S. Natural-Gas Inventories Seen Up in Week
Base Metals Rebound
Senator Seeks to Bar Chinese Bid for U.S. Chip Maker
Developer Stephen Ross Invests in Drone Racing
Macy’s Cuts Guidance as Sales, Profit Slide
Persian Gulf Stock Markets Join Global Rout
Global Stocks Fall Further on China
Airbus, Safran Clinch Ariane 6 Deal
Judge Says SEC In-House Judges ‘Likely Unconstitutional’
Smithfield Earnings Drop 27%
FedEx Not Concerned by EU Probe into TNT Takeover
Cemex to Sell Some Europe Assets
U.S. Crude Stocks Fall Again
Kraft Heinz to Slash 2,500 Jobs
Dudley: China Moves Have ‘Huge Implications,’ But Fed Appears on Track
Dollar Falls as Yuan Move Clouds Fed Outlook
U.S. Farms Struggle to Find Workers
Air Canada Profit Climbs 33%
Aramark Reports 28% Decline in Profit
Markit Edges Above Earnings, Revenue Forecasts
E.ON Hurt by Weaker Power Prices
Helping an NFL Draft Pick Start on the Right Financial Foot
Gold Recovers as Yuan-Struck Investors Seek Safe Haven
Philippine Central Bank: Peso Hit as Yuan Weakens, Will Intervene If Needed
Weaker Yuan Drives Down Asian Stocks, Currencies
Goldman to Give Out ‘Secret Sauce’
U.K. Labor Market Shows Signs of Leveling Off
Oil Demand Growing at Fastest Pace in Five Years, Says IEA
Hong Kong Exchange Operator’s Profit Jumps as Trading Surges
Commonwealth Bank Plans $3.7 Billion Capital Boost
Vietnam Widens Dong’s Trading Band
China Equities Whipsawed by Many, Many Policy Actions
Market direction: Neutral