Date: 2016-04-05 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 206.83, high: 207.07, low: 205.89, close: 206.25, volume: 63497000, daily change: -0.0032
News headlines:
Pfizer to Walk Away From Allergan Deal
Oil Prices Rally on Kuwait’s Support for Production Freeze
Ferrovial Raises Bid for Australian Detention-Center Operator
How a Shareholder Coup at Olive Garden’s Owner Sparked a Turnaround
Direct Match Taps a Booster of High-Speed Trading
Court Asks CFPB to Justify Structure
Staples, Office Depot Seek Antitrust Ruling Without Presenting Defense
Stocks Fall as Gold, Yen Gain
Wynn Says Macau Results Weighed on Earnings
Tax-Haven Crackdown Leads to Whack-a-Mole
Lumber Liquidators Stock Rises After Favorable California Ruling
China Slowing Is Desirable for Canadian Economy: BOC Official
FDA Approves Rheumatoid Arthritis Knockoff
Chicago Fed Examines Savings After Retirement
Dollar Falls to Lowest Against Yen in Nearly 18 Months
National Women’s Law Center Looks at Gender, Race Pay Gaps in D.C.
Bank of America Treasurer Greg Hackworth to Retire
Cree Sees Third-Quarter Revenue Below Guidance; Shares Slide
Asian Morning Briefing: Stocks Slide as Investors Seek Safety
Analysts Forecast Rise in Crude Inventories
Transcript: Minneapolis Fed’s Kashkari at ‘Ending Too Big to Fail’ Event
U.S. Oil Stages Late Rally
Shareholder Adviser Criticizes BP Bonuses
New Inversion Rules Test Pending Deals
Financial-Advice Rule Has an Unlikely Champion
Who Knew? The San Francisco Fed Chief Has Punk Rock Tastes
Big Merrill Broker Launches His Own RIA
Natural Gas Falls as Focus Shifts to Supply
Former State Street Executives Indicted on Fraud Charges
Ally to Buy Online Broker TradeKing Group
Air France-KLM Shares Tumble on CEO Departure
Teen Retailer Pacific Sunwear Expects to File for Bankruptcy in April
Nortel Creditors Clash in Latest Round
Investors File Suit Against Bank of Portugal Over Novo Banco
Waste Connections, Progressive Waste Committed to Deal Despite New Inversion Rules
Foreign Trade Seen Weighing on Growth
U.S. Food Shippers Face New Rules
Barclays Warns of Weak Investment Banking Results
French Tax Authorities Restore Panama to ‘Noncooperative’ List
Walgreens Sales Rise but Fall Short of Expectations
India Cuts Interest Rates
U.S. Service Sector Gained in March
MetLife Decision Could Pose Threat to Regulatory Efforts
United Continental Investors Launch Website About Director Nominees
Retail Sales Up 3.1% in March
Persado Raises $30M Led by Goldman Sachs
Greece No Longer Needs IMF Aid, Says Austrian Central Bank Head
Collaborative Partners With CircleUp to Launch Collab+Consumer
Darden’s Activist Chairman Exits After Improved Quarter
NBCU and Vox Will Start Selling Ads on Each Other’s Sites
Sentiment Shift Helping Boost Yen Vs Dollar
Why Fannie and Freddie Can’t Be Recapitalized
PulteGroup Further Details Battle for Control of Company
GM Scraps Plans to Build Impala in South Korea
‘Brexit’ Could Weigh on U.K. Living Standards
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--April 4
Yen Soars on Rush to Safe-Haven Assets; Bank Stocks Plunge
Orange Invests EUR75M in Africa Internet Group
Xiaomi Makes First Investment in India by Leading $25M Hungama Round
Anti-Infectives Startup Entasis Therapeutics Raises $50M Series B
Mithril Capital Seeks Second Fund
Video Ad Platform Virool Raises $12M, Launches Partnership With Hearst
International Speedway Profit, Sales Climb
Chain-Store Sales Little Changed in Latest Week
Ford To Invest $170 Million in South African Plant
Pfizer Arthritis Drug Meets Study Endpoints
Schlesinger’s Take: TBTF Monday—Megabanks and Megainsurers
Greenbrier Railcar Orders Fall 70%
Hilsenrath’s Take: Spillovers From World’s #2 Economy Not Going Away
Brazil Home Prices Fall Amid Economic Recession
Schlesinger’s Take: TBTF Monday—Megabanks and Megainsurers
Retirement-Savings Rule: Who Wins
U.K. Toyed With Tougher Capital Requirements for Banks
Norway Oil Fund Might Remove 5% Real-Estate Target
Australian Regulator Accuses Westpac of Manipulating Rate
Negative Interest Rates Benefit Global Economy, Says IMF Chief
Eurozone Economy Weaker Than Indicated in March
Germany Should Boost Investment and Productivity, OECD Says
Bank of Korea Stays Cool Under Easing Pressure
Reserve Bank of Australia Leaves Interest Rates at 2%
Credit Suisse CEO Distances Bank From ‘Panama Papers’
Anbang’s Pursuit of Starwood Always Faced High Hurdles
BOJ’s Kuroda Leaves Door Open to More Easing
India Shares Fall Ahead of Rates Decision
Fed’s Evans Repeats Belief Rate Hikes to Follow ‘Very Shallow Path’
Thailand’s Consumer Sentiment Drops in March
IMF Sees China Weighing on Global Stocks More
U.S. Stocks Slide
Gold Gains Ground as Stocks Fall
Market direction: Rise