Dow Closes Above 24,000 For First Time
Investors welcomed signs that the odds were improving for the Republican-led effort to forge a sweeping tax overhaul bill.
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Investors welcomed signs that the odds were improving for the Republican-led effort to forge a sweeping tax overhaul bill.
U.S. stocks extended a rally into a sixth day, bringing new all-time highs for major indexes.
Stocks are giving up much of an early gain that briefly put the Dow Jones industrial average above 19,000 for the first time.
U.S. stocks plunge in early trading after Britain votes to leave the European Uniopn; bonds, gold prices rise.
Another plunge in the price of crude oil sent stocks sharply lower on Wednesday.
Stock prices in China fell so fast that for the second time in four days, circuit-breaker mechanisms kicked in and halted trading, this time after just 30 minutes.
U.S. stocks took it on the chin for a third session in a row on Monday, after an attempted bounce-back lost steam, leaving the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in a correction.
The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 419 points Thursday as investors worried over a trio of problems.
