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 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 (+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 ...

[BRIEFING.COM] Stocks are staging a nice rebound after this week's declines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is 1.2% higher today, leaving its decline this week at 2.2%. The market has been energized ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market has slowly moved lower in the afternoon, many the major indices all trade up at least 1.0% still. Looking ahead to next week, the NYSE will close at 1:00 p.m. ET and ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market is in rally-mode after declines this week. The S&P 500 sports a 1.9% gain, leaving the index 1.2% lower than last Friday. The Nasdaq Composite trades 1.8% higher than ...

[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market continues to rise, leading the major indices to sport gains ranging from 1.4% to 1.5%. Other names that reported earnings since yesterday's close have garnered positive ...