All posts tagged "oil prices"

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  Fall in U.S. Crude Stocks, North Sea Outage Supports Prices

  Inventories have been steadily declining in the United States due to strong export demand and efforts by major oil producers to restrict supply

  • Posted December 20, 2017
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  Tech, banks lead early losses for US stocks; oil heads lower

  Energy stocks also fell as crude oil prices headed lower.

  • Posted November 15, 2017
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  US stocks close lower, snapping Dow’s 10-day winning streak 

  Market indexes head further into record territory

  • Posted August 8, 2017
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  US stocks skid on concerns about slow hiring; retailers drop

  As investors wondered if economic growth will stay sluggish, consumer-focused companies and technology firms took sharp losses

  • Posted July 6, 2017
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  Skidding tech and retail companies take US stocks lower

  Reports that special counsel examining whether Trump tried to obstruct justice on traders' minds

  • Posted June 15, 2017
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  Wage worries sink stocks late; energy sector and IBM skid

  MARLEY JAY AP Markets Writer NEW YORK – U.S. stocks gave up a promising start and finished mostly lower Wednesday as investors continued to worry about lagging wages and energy companies dropped with the price of oil....

  • Posted April 19, 2017
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  US stocks climb, led by tech and consumer companies

  The Chinese government said that country's economy grew at a slightly faster pace in the first quarter

  • Posted April 17, 2017
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  US stock indexes end little changed; oil price recovers

  The major U.S. stock indexes barely budged Tuesday on another day of mostly light trading ahead of the Easter holiday weekend. Technology stocks declined the most, while real estate companies notched the biggest gains. Oil prices recovered...

  • Posted April 11, 2017
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  US stock indexes close mostly higher; oil up

  U.S. stock indexes closed mostly higher Wednesday after a sharp increase in crude oil prices helped drive market-leading gains for energy companies. Banks and other financial stocks declined the most as bond yields headed lower, which translates...

  • Posted March 29, 2017
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  US stock indexes pull back from record highs; Oil falls

  Materials stocks were down the most

  • Posted March 2, 2017