Stock index futures signal early gains
Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P; 500 up 0.43 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.26 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.38 percent at 0945 GMT. | Video
Recent Business News
Default notices spur strategic review at Sino-Forest
TORONTO - Sino-Forest , a China-focused forestry company accused of fraud, said it received notices of default from its noteholders and set up a committee to look at options for the company that could include its sale.
Deutsche Bank ex-Chairman settles fraud trial in Munich
MUNICH - Former Deutsche Bank Chairman Rolf Breuer agreed to make a non-penal payment of 350,000 euros ($456,600) to have fraud charges dropped that were brought against him as part of a legal dispute initiated by the late Leo Kirch.
AT&T;, T-Mobile asset sales talks go cold: report
NEW YORK - Talks over potential asset sales as part of AT&T; Inc's efforts to get approval of its $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA have gone cold, according to The Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
Gold to drop in Q1, far from retesting record high: Reuters poll
NEW YORK - Gold prices will fall below $1,500 an ounce over the next three months and are unlikely to retest September's all-time highs until later 2012 at the earliest, according to a Reuters poll of 20 hedge fund managers, economists and traders.
Euro inches down as euro zone worries linger
LONDON - Fears of sovereign downgrades over the euro zone debt crisis pressured the euro on Monday, while news of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il fed fears of regional instability in Asia.
Special report: China's debt pileup raises risk of hard landing
CHENGDU/WUHAN, China - When China announced a nearly $600 billion package to ward off the 2008 global financial crisis, city planners across the country happily embarked on a frenzy of infrastructure projects, some of them of arguable need.
Special Report: Europe's debilitating deja vu
How a host of divisions caused a seemingly unending string of setbacks to a deal for a new Greek bailout. First of three parts.
Special Report: "Rats" and "black mouths" gnaw at China stocks
SHANGHAI - Even before China's great stock market bull run of 2006-2007, Wang Jianzhong had become known as China's "god of stocks" for his prescient picks. | Video
Markets
- U.S.
- Europe
- Asia
- Sectors
DOW | 11,866.39 | -2.42 | -0.02% |
S&P; 500 | 1,219.66 | +3.91 | +0.32% |
NASDAQ | 2,555.33 | +14.32 | +0.56% |
TR US Index | 110.62 | +0.48 | +0.44% |
Sector Summary
Energy | -0.17% |
Basic Materials | -0.24% |
Industrials | -0.26% |
Cyclical Goods & Services | -0.10% |
Non-Cyclical Goods & Services | +0.26% |
Financials | +0.07% |
Healthcare | +0.04% |
Technology | -0.05% |
Telecoms | -0.15% |
Utilities | +0.05% |