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U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares ...

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Asian stocks turned lower and the dollar stood by multi-month peaks on Tuesday as a sharp sell-off in bonds and a jump in ...

Chinese stocks see-sawed on Monday, as investors weighed up commercial bank rate cuts against talk that only government ...

Shares of Netflix and Intuitive Surgical jumped more than 7% to new record highs on Friday following solid third-quarter ...

Market observers see signs that investors increasingly believe Donald Trump will win the election, but there may be alternate ...

Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led ...

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Housing starts declined 0.5% in September from the prior month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.35 million, ...

The energy sector declined on Monday, hurt by a drop in oil prices, but the other 10 sectors of the S&P 500 advanced, with ...