Date: 2018-04-19 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 270.69, high: 271.3, low: 269.87, close: 270.39, volume: 57303900, daily change: 0.0007
News headlines:
AT&T Chief Takes Stand to Defend Time Warner Deal
Oil Futures Steady Ahead of OPEC Meeting
Emboline Gets $10 Million to Make Common Heart Procedure Safer
Fast-Growing Shire Had Pharmaceutical Rivals in a Takeover Frenzy
Mattel Taps Its Fourth CEO in as Many Years
Fed’s Mester: Gradual Rate Rises Needed to Keep Recovery on Track
Fed Stress-Test Proposal Could Kill Transparency
Activist Investor, Following Whole Foods Playbook, to Push for Changes at Pinnacle Foods
Stocks Lose Steam After Three Days of Gains
PPG Investigating Internal Report of Accounting Violations
Southwest Accident Shows Passengers Unprepared for Emergencies
Xerox Says CEO Had Authority on Fujifilm Deal Talks
Dollar Rises on Solid U.S. Economic Data
Watchdog Flags Cenveo Disclosures as Inadequate
Wells Fargo Close to $1 Billion Settlement on Risk Management
Scurria’s Take: Investors Missed Short Opportunity on Puerto Rico Grid Contractor
Oil Eases Off Earlier Gains
Bridgeport Health Care Center Files for Bankruptcy
Quick Hits: Philippine Central Bank Sounds Caution on Prices
Buyer Interest in Weinstein Co. Assets Continues to Grow
Aluminum, Nickel Erase Early Gains, Continue Wild Swings
Allergan Says It Won’t Make a Bid for Shire After All
Discord Valued At $1.65 Billion In New Funding Round
Robo Adviser Wealthfront Cuts a Fee to Appease Angry Investors
Ensequence Bankruptcy-Exit Plan Leaves Little for Lenders
Quarles: Not Fed’s Place to Take a Position on Guns
German Finance Minister Pans Protectionist Push
FDA Panel Backs Proposed Epilepsy Drug Derived From Cannabis
National Enquirer Parent, Staunch Trump Backer, Faces Mounting Debt, Shrinking Sales
Bank Indonesia Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged
Michael Cohen Drops Defamation Suits Against BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS Over Russia Dossier
The Global Economic Recovery Is Real but Fragile
Brookings Paper Studies How Fintech Could Transform Central Banking
Big Brands Like Raising Prices, but It Is Getting Harder
U.S. Leading Economic Indicators Rose in March
Blackstone Results Top Expectations, Helped by Fee Growth
Nucor Benefits from Steel Tariffs, Price Increases
Why Paying for Fast Shipping Could Get You Flagged as a Fraudster
Philadelphia Fed Report Says Manufacturing Continues to Expand
P&G Slogs Through ‘Difficult’ Markets for Sales Growth
U.S. Jobless Claims Fell Last Week
Fed’s Brainard: It Isn’t Time to Lower Capital, Liquidity Rules
Gormley’s Take: Health-Care Investors Doing Good After Doing Well
Y Combinator’s Altman Playing the Longevity Game
What to Watch: Finance Powwow in Washington
Southwest Accident Raises Prospect Industry Underestimates Key Risk
Crypto Firms, Investors Seek SEC Exemption | CFPB Chief Warns Against Leaks | What to Watch: Finance Powwow in Washington
Proposed U.S. Tariffs on China Risk Penalizing Manufacturers Unevenly
RealSelf Raises $40 Million for Cosmetic Procedures Marketplace
Derby’s Take: Incoming New York Fed Chief Williams to Keep Focus on Bankers’ Ethics
Dollar Searches For Catalyst as Risk Sentiment Improves
Silicon Valley Is Into Bitcoin. It Wants to Keep Washington Out.
Cutting Oil Output Worked, but Will Saudi Arabia, Russia Do It Again?
CFPB Chief Warns Against Leaks By Staff, Says Probe Under Way
Retail Sales Slump Hits U.K. Growth
Stable Dollar Keeps Global Markets From Blowout
Australia’s Jobs Boom Comes Off The Boil
China Allows Domestic Investors to Buy More Foreign Stocks, Bonds
Hong Kong’s Bill for Defending Its Peg Is $6.5 Billion and Counting
P&G Strengthens Over-the-Counter Lineup With Merck KGaA Unit
Biswas’s Take: Distressed Debt Funds Score Win on​Tropicana
Biswas’s Take: Distressed Debt Funds Score​Win on​Tropicana
Market direction: Fall