Date: 2017-07-31 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 246.65, high: 247.06, low: 246.13, close: 246.91, volume: 50088400, daily change: -0.0012
News headlines:
Venezuela Bonds Fall After U.S. Announces Sanctions
South Korean Inflation Hits 2.2% in July
Boeing Helps Blue-Chip Index Soar to New Highs
Crude Prices Continue to Climb
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--July 31
Can ‘the Mooch’ Return to Wall Street?
HBO Says Some Programming Stolen in Cyberattack
Nuclear Power’s Growth in U.S. Takes a Hit
PellePharm’s Skin Cancer Fight Gets Infusion
Blackstone Energy to Buy Stake in Troubled Rover Pipeline
Natural Gas Posts Worst Day Since February
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
VW Contends With New Legal Woes
Dollar Slides for Fifth-Consecutive Month in July
U.S. Stocks Gain in July
Avaya Wins More Time to Remain in Control of Restructuring
GOP Voters Want More Financial Regulation, Not Less
Oil Prices Settle Above $50
Postcrisis Policies Drive Housing Inequality
Boeing Creates New Avionics and Electronics Unit
Copper Hits Two-Year High
Biswas’s Take: Bi-Lo Starts Discussions With Bondholders as Debt Maturity Looms
Quick Hits: PBOC Official Says China’s Asset-Management Sector to Shrink
Reddit Raises $200 Million at $1.8 Billion Valuation
Federal Appeals Court Fans Airline Seat-Size Debate
‘Generation Debt’ Is in for a Rude Awakening
Tidewater Emerges from Bankruptcy
Fed Post Takes Another Look at Residual Seasonality in GDP
Regulator Won’t Seek Delay of CFPB’s Arbitration Rule
Firm Retention Summary: True Religion Apparel Inc.
As Washington Churns, World Grows More Dangerous
Bitcoin’s Civil War: What You Need to Know
Dollar’s Fall Threatens Foreign Stock Markets
Voices: Anticipating High Taxes in Retirement? Consider Cash-Value Life Insurance
Texas Manufacturing Activity Rises at Faster Pace in July
Chicago PMI Falls in July
UniFirst Names Steven Sintros CEO
Fed’s Fischer Says Low Global Real Interest Rates Important to Economic Environment
ECB Urges Fines for European States Breaking Reform Rules
Eurozone’s Low Unemployment, Inflation Raise Questions for ECB
Late Credit-Card Payments Stoke Fears | Picks for SEC, FDIC Take Shape | Europe’s Banks Stabilizing | Rubin’s Take: Bitcoin’s Tale of Two Regulators
WSJ Dollar Index Up
Beijing’s Capacity-Cut Talk Stokes China’s Metals Markets
LabCorp to Buy Chiltern for $1.2 Billion
Geron’s Take: A New Way to Build Startup Ecosystems
China-Backed Fund Plays Big Role in Country’s Chip Push
At Long Last, Europe’s Banks Are Stabilizing
Rubin’s Take: Bitcoin’s Tale of Two Regulators
Why Cooking Has Become a Lost Art
Supermarkets Face a Growing Problem: Too Much Space
India’s Central Bank Expected to Cut Interest Rates
Late Credit-Card Payments Stoke Fears | Picks for SEC, FDIC Take Shape | Europe’s Banks Stabilizing | Rubin’s Take: Bitcoin’s Tale of Two Regulators
Timiraos’s Take: 12-Month Inflation Measures Create Communication Challenge for Fed
European Beer (and Near Beer) Sales Lift Heineken
HSBC Launches $2 Billion Share Buyback as Profit Rises
Late Credit-Card Payments Stoke Fears for Banks
The BOJ And Portfolio Rebalancing
Saint Laurent to Launch Online Sales in China
Randles’s Take: Fyre Festival Lender Talks of Quick Bankruptcy That Wasn’t
Market direction: Neutral