: Gold futures give up early gains to finish lower
Gold futures finished with a modest loss on Wednesday, with prices shaking off early gains. The precious metal saw a “very brief spurt of safe-haven...
: U.S. oil prices post their lowest finish in about 3 weeks
Oil futures declined on Wednesday, with U.S. prices settling at their lowest in roughly three weeks. “Prices remain in negative territory, with various geopolitical influences...
Spread on 2- and 10-year yields heads for its deepest inversion in more than 40 years
The spread between 2- and 10-year Treasury yields shrank to as little as minus 67 basis points on Wednesday, and was headed for its deepest...
S&P 500 trades near session’s low in final hour of trade
The S&P 500 was trading near the session's low in the final hour of trade Wednesday as investors gave the recent rally in stocks a...
: U.S. stocks close lower for second time in three days after choppy session
U.S. stocks closed lower on Wednesday for the second time in three days after a choppy session as a rally inspired by softening inflation data...
: Treasury market’s liquidity woes could undermine Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, says NY Fed’s Williams
David Paul Morris/BloombergThe Treasury market’s liquidity problems have the potential to interfere with the Federal Reserve’s ability to transmit monetary policy to the economy, according...
Agilent raises dividend by 7%
Agilent Technologies Inc. late Wednesday said it has increased its quarterly dividend to 22.5 cents a share, a 7% rise over the previous quarter. The...
Market Extra: More trouble is brewing in the $24 trillion Treasury market: This time, it’s about central clearing
Stefani Reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesEfforts to reduce risks within the nearly $24 trillion U.S. Treasury market, the world’s deepest and most liquid securities market, are ironically...
JetBlue plans Paris flights next summer in trans-Atlantic expansion
JetBlue Airways plans to launch flights from New York to Paris next summer.