Despite a weak start to the last week of October, the Dow and S&P are now both up 2.58% and 0.85% for the month as of Thursday's closing session. Even though October ranks as a slightly positive month historically on average, up more than 53% of the time for all three major U.S. Indexes, the Nasdaq Composite has trailed behind, currently down 1.2% month to date. Read More
Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Peabody Energy and General Dynamics popped while CVS Caremark and Ciena dropped. Read More
Major indices at highs for year on dollar weakness, strong retail sales. Stocks were modestly on the upside until about noon ET, when Ben Bernanke said that the recession was "very likely" over. Read More