| Citi shares lead financial sector higher (at MarketWatch) Financial shares opened higher Thursday with Citigroup Inc. leading the way among the bank stocks in the S&P 500 Index with a gain of 1.5%. The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund rose 0.4% in the early going after the ETF snapped its four-day losing streak on Wednesday. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Europe Proposes Rules to Help Steady Markets The European Commission proposed clamping down on certain kinds of trading that governments have blamed for destabilizing the economy and endangering the euro. nytimes.com |
Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks climb along with recovery hopes [at MarketWatch] - An index of the U.S. services industry shows improvement, and the Bank of Japan pumps more funds into a struggling economy to spur growth. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Stocks Pare Gains on Earnings, Mixed Data Stocks pared gains Thursday as investors waded through a surge of better-than-expected earnings. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Wall Street awaits busy earnings week As investors this week prepare to digest a flurry of earnings reports, U.S. stocks may see big declines on any remotely bad news since volatility indexes are at levels considered too low. pheedo.msnbc.msn.com |