Date: 2016-02-02 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 192.53, high: 194.58, low: 191.84, close: 193.65, volume: 136061600, daily change: -0.0004
News headlines:
Australian Home-Building Approvals Rebound
Toyota Unit Enters $21.9 Million Settlement Over Alleged Auto Loan Racial Bias
Fresh Ingredients Came Back to Haunt Chipotle
UBS Earnings Are Hit by Wealth-Management Woes
‘Trump Store’ Kiosks Must Go, New York City Says
Oil Extends Losses in Asia Trade
Relativity Media Poised For Bankruptcy Exit
BOJ December Minutes Shed Light on Internal Split
Dow Plunges as Investors Retreat
ChemChina Nears Deal to Buy Syngenta
Hong Kong Stocks Sink
Sahara Nears Sale of Grosvenor House to Qatar
RBNZ’s Wheeler Says Bank Won’t Fixate on Headline Inflation
Ferrari Posts Steep Drop in Profit, Sending Down Shares
Oil Slump Pressures Exxon, BP Results
Energy Sector Pulls Stocks Lower
‘Madoff’: Charmer, Egotist, Fiend, Swindler
Tech Pain: Startups Are Buying Back a Lot More Employee Stock
Oil Falls Back to $30 a Barrel
Waddell & Reed Shares Plunge
CIT Disappoints With Earnings, Overhaul Plan
Chipotle Posts First-Ever Sales Decline
IAC/InterActive Swings to Loss on Charges
Gilead Hepatitis C Drugs Beat Sales Views
Illumina Posts 32% Decline in Profit
Commodities-Linked Currencies Fall Versus Dollar, Yen
Mondelez Earnings: What to Watch
Emerson Plans More Cuts
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Slide on Oil Price Weakness
The Great Escape From China
3M to Retain Health Unit
Lazard CEO Blames Volatility for Slower Pace of Deals
Can Consumers Thrive if Corporations Don’t?
Edwards Lifesciences Revenue Rises 8.6%, 2016 Outlook Raised
St. Louis Fed Examines How Rate Hikes Affect the Dollar’s Exchange Rate
U.S. Crude-Oil Supplies Seen Increasing in DOE Data
Axis Capital Operating Profit Edges Down 0.4%
Myriad Genetics Reports Higher Earnings and Boosts Guidance
Drug Industry Begins Race to Develop Zika Vaccine
Revenue Shines at Luxury Firm LVMH
S&P Cuts Ratings of 10 U.S. Oil Companies
Bankruptcy Watchdog Seeks Trustee for Shkreli’s KaloBios
Background Checks for Gun Sales Jump
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Agree to Rules on Mortgage Disputes
Natural Gas Falls to One-Month Low
Morgan Stanley Settles Mortgage-Bond Suits
Ally’s Profit Jumps as Auto Originations, Deposits Climb
Republicans Show Signs of Compromise on Puerto Rico
Pfizer Beats Expectations but Guidance Disappoints
SEC Fines Municipal-Bond Underwriters
Fed Sees Progress on Improving the U.S. Payment System
Noncompete Agreements Hobble Junior Employees
Copper Prices Slip Amid Global Selloff in Stocks, Oil
Exxon Mobil Profit Tumbles 58%
UPS Profit Tops Views
Swift Energy Wins Approval to Sell Louisiana Assets
Fiat to Work on Diesel Emissions
Peregrine Midstream Partners Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Dow Chemical CEO Plans to Leave After Merger
Remittances to Mexico Reach Seven-Year High
Vodafone, Liberty Global in Talks Over Dutch Joint Venture
New York Fed Adds HSBC Funds to Reverse-Repo Tool
Fed’s George: Expects Gradual Rate Increases This Year
TransferWise Plans to Open China Service
Archer Daniels Midland Misses Revenue, Profit Expectations
Q&A With ECB Executive Board Member Yves Mersch
ECB Keeps Options Open on Stimulus
UBS’s U.S. Hiring Binge Propels Brokerage Unit
Caesars May Renew Bid to Stay Bondholder Lawsuits
Agco Shares Decline as Sales, Profit Slump
Ryder’s Revenue and Profit Rise Less Than Expected
Barnes & Noble to Test Personalized Children’s Books
Exxon Gets OK to Truck Oil on California Highway
Michael Kors Revenue Rises
Royal Caribbean Guidance Misses Views
Spectrum Brands Posts Revenue and Profit Gains
Horsehead Holding Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
LyondellBasell Reports Worse-than-Expected Revenue Drop
Hong Kong Regulator Censures Goldman
BP’s Earnings Plunge Amid Oil-Price Slide
Commodities-Linked Currencies Fall Versus Dollar, Yen
NYC Business Activity Weakens in January
Bankrupt Investment Fund That Targeted Amish May Get New Leader
Voices: The Misperceptions That Cause People to Avoid Financial Advisers
U.S. Retail Sales Rose 0.8% in Last Week of January
Dollar Gains vs Commodities-Linked Currencies
Baxter’s Profit Declines Less Than Expected
Meredith Raises Dividend 8.2%
WestJet Airlines’ Profit Falls 30%
Weekly Chain-Store Sales Rise
Russia Ready to Discuss Oil Production
Tata Scratches Zica Car Name, Citing Zika Virus
Sirius XM Profit Meets Expectations, Backs 2016 Guidance
Harris Cuts Revenue Forecast
Itau Forecasts More Provisions, Slow Loan Growth
Hilsenrath’s Take: Fischer Would Welcome Further Jobless Rate Declines
Germany’s Top Labor Union Calls For 5% Pay Rise
China Calls Lending Platform Ezubo a $7.6 Billion Ponzi Scheme
TE Connectivity to Acquire Creganna Medical
China Lowers Down-Payment Requirement for Home Buyers
Federal Dollars Flow to Coal Waterways, Even as Traffic Wanes
ETA for Boeing 737 Max Jet? As Much as Six Months Early
Switzerland’s Givaudan Sweetens Dividend After Profit Jump
Sainsbury to Buy Home Retail Group for $1.9 Billion
China Shares Climb
India’s Central Bank Leaves Key Lending Rate Unchanged
Market direction: Rise