Oct 12, 2018 8:41AM (GMT 13:41) – 161 words NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street following a two-day rout that shattered a long period of calm on the market. Big technology and consumer-focused companies, which took some…
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s going to be a nervous opening on Wall Street, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average recorded its biggest fall, in percentage terms, since August 2011. Futures markets are turning cagey as the opening bell gets nearer, with Dow futures and the broader S&P futures, down a further 1…
The slide on Wall Street could damage public employee pension funds around the country. And the burden could end up falling on taxpayers. Stocks have been tumbling in the first weeks of 2016, with the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 down nearly 9 percent since the start of the year. If there’s…
