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Dollar strengthening intact US stock market extended gains on Friday despite mixed data. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to 3329.62, more than doubling its weekly gain to 2.0%. Dow Jones industrial added 0.2% to 29348. The Nasdaq gained 0.3% to 9388.94. The dollar strengthening accelerated as...

Fed indicates slower further tightening US stock market retreat resumed on Wednesday after the federal Reserve hiked rates a quarter point while indicating fewer increases in 2019. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% to 2506.96. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 1.5% to 23323.66. Nasdaq composite index...

Dollar weakness accelerates US stocks will reopen today after Thanksgiving for a post-holiday shortened session. The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq will close at 1 p.m. Eastern time today. Stocks closed mostly higher on Wednesday: theS&P 500 added 0.3% to 2649.93. The Dow Jones...

The U.S dollar held on to its strength against most of its peers on Monday, as the monetary divergence between the U.S and other parts of the world has been reinforced by comments from central bank officials, after the annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. However, it was...