After The Bell: China, Tech Sector Push Stocks Higher
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks closed higher Friday, finishing a banner week for all three of the major indices, after a trio of blue chip tech companies posted better-than-expected earnings and...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Close Higher After Fed Announcement
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks closed sharply higher Wednesday, all three of the major indices gained one percent of more for the session, after the Federal Reserve indicated the possibility of a...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Close Lower On Lackluster GDP Data
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks closed mostly lower Thursday, holding on to a bulk of the gains from yesterday’s post Fed statement rally, as investors continued to digest quarterly earnings and the...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Close Flat As Wall Street Eyes Fed Rate Hike
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks closed mixed Friday as a better-than-expected October jobs report makes a Fed interest-rate hike much more likely when policy makers meet next month. The S&P 500...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Tumble on Lower Oil And Weak Retail Sales
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks closed sharply lower Friday as investors digested a continued decline in crude oil prices and weakness in the retail sector. The S&P 500 lost 23, the Nasdaq shed 77...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Higher, Capping Solid Week
(CBS) — Stocks closed sharply higher Friday, capping off a solid week of gains, as investors digested strength in retail and technology. The S&P 500 gained 8, the NASDAQ added 31 and the Dow Jones...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Tumble On Lower Oil
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks closed sharply lower Wednesday as a sell-off in crude oil and weakness in manufacturing put traders in a selling mood. The S&P 500 lost 23, the NASDAQ shed 33 and...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Plunge on Lower Oil, China Weakness and Geopolitical...
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks closed sharply lower Wednesday as concerns about global economic growth, lower crude oil prices and heightened geopolitical tensions put traders in a selling mood. The...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Plunge On Wall Street As Oil Dips Below $30
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks plunged on Wall Street Wednesday as declining crude oil prices and global economic uncertainty weighed on financial markets ahead of some key earnings reports. All three...
View ArticleStocks Plunge As Fed Keeps March Rate Hike On The Table
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks closed sharply lower Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve opted not to hike interest rates this month, still leaving the door open for a March increase. The S&P 500...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Fight Early Declines To Close Higher
After The Bell WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) — Stocks closed marginally higher in choppy trading Thursday as a slip in oil prices and soft economic data ruled the day. The S&P 500 gained 3, the...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Sell-Off On Lower Oil And Soft Data
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks traded sharply lower Tuesday, as falling oil prices and weak consumer confidence data put traders in a selling mood. The S&P 500 lost 24, the NASDAQ fell 67 and the...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Higher On Oil And Jobs Data
After The Bell WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) — Stocks finished the week on an up note, with the Dow closing at a two-month high, as a decent government jobs report and a rise in crude oil prices put...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Merchants Enjoy St. Patrick’s Day Bump
St. Paddy’s Impact WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) — Bars, restaurants and retailers are likely to find extra green in their tills this week as Americans participate nationwide in St. Patrick’s Day...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Higher On Yellen’s Dovish Remarks
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks closed higher Tuesday, led by gains in the tech heavy NASDAQ, as investors digested dovish remarks from Fed Chair Janet Yellen. The S&P 500 gained 17, the NASDAQ...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Lower On Oil Weakness
(CBS) — Stocks closed slightly lower on Friday, finishing an otherwise decent week for financial markets, as a decline in crude oil prices and mixed economic data weighed on investor sentiment. The...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Higher As Jobs Report Reduces Rate-Hike Expectations
(CBS) — Stocks traded higher Friday as a soft government jobs report reduced Wall Street’s expectations of a June rate hike and gains in crude oil prices put investors in a buying mood. The S&P 500...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Close Lower On Interest Rate Hike Concerns
After The Bell WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) — Stocks closed sharply lower Thursday after hawkish comments from New York Fed President William Dudley put the prospect of a June interest rate hike...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Ugly Jobs Report May Impact Fed Rate Hike Path
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Stocks closed slightly lower Friday, as a disappointing May jobs report raises questions on when the Federal Reserve will be in position to resume its higher rate hike path....
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Surge After Solid Jobs Report
WBBM’s Andy Giersher WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) — Stocks closed sharply higher Friday, recovering all post-Brexit losses and more, after a surprisingly strong June jobs report put traders in a...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Lower Ahead Of Key Earnings, Fed Meeting
(CBS) — Stocks closed lower Monday, with declining crude oil prices dragging down shares in the energy sector, as traders await a slew of quarterly earnings and results from this week’s key Federal...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Airfares Just Got A Whole Lot Cheaper
By Andy Giersher (CBS) — Kids are heading back to school and that means the cheapest time of the year to fly starts now. The so-called ‘Fall Deal Zone’ started this week and generally extends through...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Rally For Second Day After Fed’s Non-Move
CHICAGO (CBS) — Stocks traded sharply higher on Thursday as investors sifted through a host of economic data and have had time to fully digest the latest non-move by the Federal Reserve. The S&P...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Lower As Fed Enthusiasm Tapers
WBBM’s Andy Giersher WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) — Stocks closed lower Friday, snapping a 3-day winning streak, as a sharp decline in crude oil prices and soft manufacturing data put traders in a...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Lower On Deutsche Bank Concerns
(CBS) — Stocks closed sharply lower Thursday as concerns surrounding Deutsche Bank spread across the banking sector and financial markets at large. The S&P 500 dropped 20, the NASDAQ lost 49, and...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Closed Mixed After Fed Minutes
(CBS) — Stocks closed narrowly mixed Wednesday after the Federal Reserve’s minutes from its September meeting affirmed expectations of an interest rate hike in December. The NASDAQ dropped 7, The...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Merchants Expect Record Spending This Halloween
(CBS) — Retailers, costume shops and even pumpkin patches are likely to find some extra cash in their tills this year as Americans participate nationwide in Halloween celebrations. The National Retail...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Surge After Trump Victory
(CBS) — Stocks surged higher Wednesday, shrugging off a plunge in futures markets overnight, after an impressive victory by Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton. The S & P 500 gained 23, the NASDAQ...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Close Higher As Oil Declines
(CBS) — Stocks closed higher Tuesday, shaking off earlier declines, as investors digested a sell-off in crude oil prices ahead of Wednesday’s Key OPEC meeting. The S&P 500 finished up 3, the...
View ArticleDow Soars Past 20,000 To Break Record
CHICAGO (CBS) — Stocks closed sharply higher Wednesday, with the Dow smashing the 20,000 mark for the first time ever, as optimism about President Trump’s pro-growth policies boosted investor...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Oil Prices Plunge On Rise In Domestic Inventories
(CBS) — Oil prices plunged more than 5 percent on Wednesday, testing three-month lows, after U.S. crude inventories rose much more than analysts expected. “The initial reaction after the EIA’s report...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Cooper Hefner Talks ‘American Playboy’ Series, Future Of Company
(CBS) — On April 9, businessman, playboy and Chicago native Hugh Hefner turns 91. His life has been compressed into 10 hourlong episodes of the appropriately titled “American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: The NASDAQ Closes Above 6,000 For First Time Ever
CHICAGO (CBS) — Stocks finished the session on Wall Street sharply higher Tuesday, as solid earnings bolstered investor sentiment, pushing the NASDAQ above 6,000 for the first time ever. The S&P...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Post Their Biggest Day In Months
CHICAGO (CBS) — Stocks surged higher Wednesday, led by banks and financials, as traders focused on the ECB’s reflation story. The S&P 500 gained 21, the NASDAQ added 87 and the Dow Jones industrial...
View ArticleHugh Hefner, Playboy Founder, Dead At 91
(CBS/AP) — Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner has died at age 91. The Chicago-born Hefner was credited — or blamed — with initially pushing the boundaries of adult entertainment with the magazine’s...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Dow Closes Above 23,000 For First Time Ever
CHICAGO (CBS) — Stocks surged higher Wednesday, with the Dow closing above the 23,000 mark for the first time ever, as banner quarterly earnings from IBM added to the recent optimism on Wall Street....
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Record Day On Wall Street
CHICAGO (CBS) — Stocks surged higher Thursday, with the Dow and S&P 500 both hitting all-time highs, as the possibility of the Senate passing a bill aimed at overhauling the tax code appeared more...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Record Day On Wall Street
(WBBM Newsradio) — Stocks surged higher Thursday, with all three of the major indices hitting all-time highs, as strong employment data and prospects for higher corporate earnings put traders in a...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Stocks Plunge
(WBBM Newsradio) — Stocks closed sharply lower in volatile trading Monday, extending last week’s sell-off, with all three of the major indices finishing down nearly 4 percent for the session. The...
View ArticleAfter The Bell: Another Stocks Plunge
(WBBM Newsradio) — Stocks got hammered Friday on Wall Street, with the Dow shedding more than 1,000 points, and even solid economic data coupled with strong corporate earnings couldn’t suppress fears...
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