Date: 2017-10-26 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 256.18, high: 256.31, low: 254, close: 255.29, volume: 103715300, daily change: -0.005
News headlines:
Billionaire Pharmaceuticals Entrepreneur Indicted in Alleged Fentanyl Fraud Scheme
Oil Prices Maintain Thursday’s Gains in Asia
Pressure Builds on Venezuela With Big Payments Due This Week
CVS, Aetna Plot $66 Billion Tie-Up
Japan Consumer Prices Rise at Same Pace in September
Valuations Come Back Strong
Billionaire Boom: More of Them, With More Billions
Stress Tests Unfair to Midsize Banks
Zenefits and Co-Founder Conrad Settle With SEC
Gilead Looks Away From Hepatitis C Treatments for Growth
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Rizzo’s Take: Toys ‘R’ Us Bankruptcy Ripples Through Toy Industry
Nokia Shares Plunge on Downbeat Outlook
SEC Signals Pullback From Prosecutorial Approach to Enforcement
Treasury Calls for Delaying, Scaling Back Investment-Fund Rules
Voices: On Helping Clients and Their Children Prepare for Adult Life
Rizzo’s Take: Toys ‘R’ Us Bankruptcy Ripples Through Toy Industry
Dollar Rises After ECB Comments Weaken Euro
Impact Biomedicines Gets $90 Million to Tackle Blood Cancer
IHeartMedia Discloses Wide Gulf in Talks With Creditors
Stocks Climb on Earnings, ECB Plan to Slow Bond Buying
The Case for a U.S. Fintech ‘Sandbox’
Warren: Banking Oversight Rules Should Stay Put
Intel Lifts Guidance as Profit Surges 34%
ECB to Scale Down but Extend Bond-Buying Program
Texas Regulators Are Wary of Sempra’s Deal to Buy Oncor
Oil Prices Finish Higher
AB InBev Falters as U.S. Loses Taste for Bud Light
Financial Advisers Balk at Changes to TD’s Commission-Free ETF Menu
Strong Revenue at American, Southwest Airlines Helps Offset Rising Costs
Harvey Weinstein Sues Weinstein Co. Seeking Access to Documents
Papaya Clothing’s Creditors Criticize Progress of Bankruptcy
Emergency Funding Approved for Westinghouse’s Global Nuclear Business
Marlboro Hurt by California’s Cigarette Tax Increase, Altria Says
GE Explores Exiting From the Railroad Business
Deutsche, Barclays Feel the Investment Bank Burn
Chinese Tech Giant Baidu Steps Back From Middle East
UPS Ramps Up Spending to Keep Up With Online Shoppers
Quick Hits: Reaction to ECB, Turkey Central Bank Policy Decisions
Hershey Sales Rise Despite Growing Competition
Celgene Shares Plummet on Bleaker Outlook for New Drugs
Comcast’s TV Subscriber Losses Accelerate, but Earnings Rise
Kansas City Manufacturing Index Hits Highest Point Since 2011
Deutsche Börse CEO Resigns Amid Insider-Trading Investigation
KKR’s Profit Declines as Private-Equity Gains Slow
Italy PM Backs Central Bank’s Visco for Second Term
ECB Takeaways: No Drama, Few Answers
Bank of Finland Paper Looks at Chinese Monetary Policy Effectiveness
DowDuPont Provides Early Look at Quarterly Report Post-Merger
Wall Street Skirts Worst Fallout From EU Law Shaking Up Analyst Research
Truck Sales Drive Soaring Profit at Ford
Big Oil’s Suddenly Popular Measure for Success: Break-Even Oil Price
Draghi Stresses ECB Expects to Keep Rates on Hold Beyond End of QE
Cemex’s Profit Edges Up
Brazil’s Vale Profit Surges, Boosted by Higher Iron-Ore Prices
Noreika’s Job Status Raises Ethics Concerns | How Wall Street Scored Arbitration Win | Hayashi’s Take: Can GOP Kill Payday Rule, Too? Don’t Bet on It
Southwest Sees Solid Travel Demand
Asset Growth Slows at World’s Largest Money Fund
Hayashi’s Take: Can GOP Kill Payday Rule, Too? Don’t Bet on It
Davis’s Take: The World Series of Startup Funding
VCs Back Orchid Labs for Blockchain-Based Internet Service
Turkey’s Central Bank Keeps Rates on Hold
Nordic Central Banks on Hold, Awaiting ECB
Noreika’s Job Status Raises Ethics Concerns | How Wall Street Scored Arbitration Win | Hayashi’s Take: Can GOP Kill Payday Rule, Too? Don’t Bet on It
Harrison’s Take: The Economy’s Doing Well, Good News For The Next Fed Chair
Startup Exchange Cleared to Take on NYSE, Nasdaq for Stock Listings
Top Banking Regulator Raises Ethics Concerns With Policy Moves
How Wall Street Scored Its Big Win in Congress
Exchange Rate Wanes as ECB Decision Factor
Barclays Shares Slump on Weak Investment Bank
Deutsche Bank Profit More Than Doubles Despite Trading Slump
Australian Wages May Not Drive Inflation for Some Time, RBA Deputy Governor Says
Corrigan’s Take: Judge Settles Disputed Sale of SunEdison Property
Corrigan’s Take: Judge Settles Disputed Sale of SunEdison Property
A Onetime London Hospital Undergoes a Luxury Rehab
ECB Meets to Decide Path of Giant Stimulus Program—What to Watch
Market direction: Rise