The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index dropped to 104.7 in December (Briefing.com consensus 113.5) from an upwardly revised 112.8 (from 111.7) in November. The key takeaway from the report ...

Durable goods orders declined 1.1% month-over-month in November (Briefing.com consensus -0.3%) following an upwardly revised 0.8% increase (from 0.2%) in October. Excluding transportation, durable ...

U.S. Treasuries are on track for a modestly lower start after a subdued night in global markets. The new week began with news that a weekend government shutdown was avoided after Congress passed a ...

Longer-dated U.S. Treasuries continue hovering near their opening levels while shorter tenors have widened their losses, reaching fresh lows in recent action. Treasuries made a brief attempt at a ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.48%) is narrowly lower form levels half an hour ago, still up about 28 points on the day. Meanwhile, Lamb Weston (LW 60.16, -18.06, -23.09%) is today's top laggard as Q2 ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+1.48%) holds a narrow lead over the S&P 500 (+1.41%) in the latter stages of Friday's session. Meanwhile, Nike (NKE 76.56, -0.54, -0.7%) slips in the ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is tied with the S&P 500 at gains of +0.57% apiece. Gold futures settled $45.20 lower (-1.7%) to $2,608.10/oz, dipping as strong U.S. data fuels Fed ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.56%) is in first place among the major averages on Thursday afternoon.

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades 0.7% higher, or 280 points, after plunging more than 1,100 points yesterday.

[BRIEFING.COM] The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+1.58%) is now in second place with about two hours to go on Friday. Gold futures settled $37 higher (+1.4%) to $2,608.10/oz, ultimately down -1.1% this ...