At mid-afternoon in New York on Thursday, the equities markets were mixed ahead of the monthly report on employment, due on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1 percent to 12,667.03, while the S&P 500 had gained 0.3 percent to 1,442.45, and the Russell 2000 index of small and mid-caps was 0.5 percent [...]

Afternoon trade on Monday saw the New York equities markets mixed as crude oil and commodities prices dropped and investors were still worried about inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3 percent to 11,342.25, but the Nasdaq Composite had declined 0.9 percent to 2,223.57 and the S&P 500 was 0.5 percent lower [...]

By the middle of the trading day on Friday, New York equities markets seemed poised to notch losses for both the day and the week after sell-offs in the wake of another hike in interest rates on Wednesday. Investors were apparently worried after comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that seemed to indicate [...]

In New York on Thursday, equities markets were up mid-way through the trading day as several retailers issued good quarterly earnings reports. These reports overcame worries over new data releases that tended to increase the likelihood of further interest rate hikes to offset pressures toward inflation.
At midday the Dow Jones Industrial Average had gained [...]

The New York equities markets were up at midday on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.5 percent to 11,400.12, the Nasdaq Composite fractionally higher at 2,311.13, and the S&P 500 0.4 percent higher to 1,310.04. New corporate earnings reports helped the markets recover from losses late in the day Monday after [...]

At midday on Monday, the New York equities markets were up on new economic data that came in higher than expected as well as continued stronger-than-predicted earnings results. Hints that inflationary pressures are rising did not seem to worry investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3 percent to 11,403.24 at mid-session, [...]