Tag: Equity Markets

S&P 500 Notches Longest Run of Weekly Gains Since 2017
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S&P 500 Notches Longest Run of Weekly Gains Since 2017

The S&P 500 closed out its eighth consecutive week of gains Friday, logging its longest winning streak in six years. The benchmark index rose 0.2%, up almost 0.8% for the week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite also added 0.2% Friday. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down almost 0.1%, or about 18 points.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
The Newest Get Rich Quick Trade: Indian Stocks
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The Newest Get Rich Quick Trade: Indian Stocks

Dec. 22, 2023 12:39 am ETIndia’s booming stock market is attracting millions of individual investors hoping to get rich quick.The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex Index is around 16% higher this year and hit an all-time high this month. The surge encouraged investors to open more than 11 million new accounts with the National Stock Exchange of India in 2023 through the end of August, and has led to record flows into mutual funds that buy stocks. The most popular play: subscribing for shares in new listings, which sometimes surge in value during the first few days of trading.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
More Americans Than Ever Own Stocks
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More Americans Than Ever Own Stocks

Listen to article(2 minutes)The share of Americans who own stocks has never been so high.About 58% of U.S. households owned stocks in 2022, according to the Federal Reserve’s survey of consumer finances released this fall. That is up from 53% in 2019 and marks the highest household stock-ownership rate recorded in the triennial survey. The cohort includes families holding individual shares directly and those owning stocks indirectly through funds, retirement accounts or other managed accounts.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Vodafone Shares Rise After Iliad Group Proposes Merger of Italian Operations
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Vodafone Shares Rise After Iliad Group Proposes Merger of Italian Operations

Updated Dec. 18, 2023 3:59 am ETShares of Vodafone Group rose 4.6% after Iliad Group said that it has put forward a proposal to the company to merge their Italian businesses in a deal that values Vodafone Italia at 10.45 billion euros ($11.38 billion).The European telecom company said Monday that it is planning to create a new company jointly owned with Vodafone that will combine their Italian businesses.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
China’s Millionaires Are Worried. That’s a Problem for Wall Street.
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China’s Millionaires Are Worried. That’s a Problem for Wall Street.

Updated Dec. 18, 2023 12:15 am ETChina’s economic slowdown has become a big problem for banks that serve the rich. For years, banks including Citigroup, JPMorgan and UBS competed hard to win business from China’s giant pool of wealthy people. They hired thousands of relationship managers with the language skills and cultural know-how to gain the trust of mainland China’s moneyed class, and helped them buy shares in Hong Kong, real estate in the U.S. and expensive paintings from European collections.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Rept Battero Energy Shares Rise in Hong Kong Trading Debut
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Rept Battero Energy Shares Rise in Hong Kong Trading Debut

Dec. 17, 2023 11:19 pm ETShares of Chinese lithium-ion battery maker Rept Battero rose in their Hong Kong trading debut, indicating that investor demand for companies associated with electric-vehicle space remains buoyant.Rept Battero climbed as much as 7.4% on Monday from its initial public offering price of 18.30 Hong Kong dollars (US$2.34).Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
SenseTime Shares Fall on News of Death of Billionaire Founder
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SenseTime Shares Fall on News of Death of Billionaire Founder

Dec. 17, 2023 10:05 pm ETSenseTime Group’s shares fell sharply on news of the death of its founder and controlling shareholder.Shares of the artificial intelligence software company dropped 11% to 1.11 Hong Kong dollars (14 U.S. cents) early Monday, on track for its largest daily drop since early July and taking their year-to-date loss to 49%.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
It’s the Magnificent Seven’s Market. The Other Stocks Are Just Living in It.
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It’s the Magnificent Seven’s Market. The Other Stocks Are Just Living in It.

Listen to article(2 minutes)Big tech stocks reclaimed their position as the market’s leaders this year. Just how far ahead of the pack have they run? Collectively, the stocks known as the Magnificent Seven—Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon.com, Nvidia, Tesla and Meta Platforms—have jumped 75% in 2023, leaving the other 493 companies in the S&P 500 in their dust. (Those have risen a more modest 12%, while the index as a whole is up 23%.)Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8