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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
May 15, 2013
Confidence among U.S. homebuilders improved in May for the first time in five months as buyers rush to take advantage of near record-low mortgage rates.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
May 15, 2013
Industrial production declined in April by the most in eight months, reflecting broad-based cutbacks in U.S. manufacturing that show factories will provide little support for the economy.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Pratish Narayanan |
May 15, 2013
The dollar index rose to the highest level in more than nine months amid speculation policy makers may curb stimulus.
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By Brian Swint, Joe Carroll and Lananh Nguyen |
May 14, 2013
Three of Europe’s biggest oil explorers are being questioned by European regulators about potential crude market manipulation.
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By Greg Stohr |
May 14, 2013
A Deutsche Boerse AG unit lost a U.S. Supreme Court appeal that sought the right to offer options based on major stock indexes.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Bloomberg |
May 14, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a record for the eighth time in nine days, amid improving confidence in the world’s largest economy. Industrial metals fell on concern about China’s growth.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
May 14, 2013
Treasury 10-year note yields reached seven-week highs as speculation the Federal Reserve may consider tapering its record bond-purchase program crimped demand for the securities as equities indexes traded at record levels.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
May 14, 2013
The JUN13 E-mini Nasdaq has traded up through 3000 this morning, and is now trading at 3002. Our short term technical target for this market is 3050.
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By Joe Richter and Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
May 14, 2013
Consumers will sell the least used gold in five years after prices tumbled into a bear market, curbing a source of metal that typically accounts for about one in every three ounces of global supply.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Bloomberg |
May 14, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a record for the eighth time in nine days, amid improving confidence in the largest economy. Industrial metals retreated on concern about China’s growth.
