Stocks and Dollars

U.S. stocks fell on Friday, the last trading day of a turbulent year, with the broad S&P 500 index on track to end 2011 barely changed from 2010’s closing level. Efforts by market participants over the …

Stocks were nearly unchanged on Friday, the last trading day of a turbulent year, but the S&P 500 looked set to end with a slight gain. Many market participants stayed on the sidelines, reflecting what …

The stock market is set to end a tumultuous year more or less where it started.The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 26 points, or 0.2 percent, at 12,262 at noon Friday. The S&P 500 fell 1 point at …

The stock market is set to end a tumultuous year more or less where it started.The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 8 points, or 0.1 percent, at 12,279 at 11:40 a.m. Friday. The S&P 500 was flat at …

Stocks are slipping Friday on the final trading day of the year.The Dow Jones industrial average fell 23 points, or 0.2 percent, at 12,264 in the first hour of trading. The S&P 500 fell 1 point at 1,262. …

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Markets are generally steady ahead of New Year holidays. Broad based strength is also seen in the Japanese yen with EUR/JPY breaching 100 psychological level briefly while GBP/JPY tread water below 120. USD/JPY also dipped to as low as 77.29 so far but thin market consolidation helped stabilizing the rally

Global asset markets are quiet on this last trading day before New Year. European stocks are 0.3 percent higher, EURUSD is down 0.2 percent, gold spot is up 1.6 percent, WTI crude is unchanged and Spanish & Italian 10-year bond yields are down eight and two basis points respectively. US