The major indices registered gains at the start of this holiday-shortened week. The "Santa Claus rally" period (i.e. the last five trading days of the year and the first two trading days of the new ...

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 ...

It was a somewhat lackluster session. The major indices mostly traded around their prior closing levels. The Russell 2000 outperformed other indices, settling 0.9% higher, reflecting some speculative ...

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 ...

Longer-dated Treasuries have spent the first couple hours of action in a steady retreat, making for a continuation of their overnight weakness, while the short end has held up much better, keeping the ...

Initial jobless claims for the week ending December 21 decreased by 1,000 to 219,000 (Briefing.com consensus 232,000). Continuing jobless claims for the week ending December 14 increased by 46,000 to ...

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