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Goldman Sachs's trading revenue for the second quarter was worth $4.3 billion, $600 million higher than expectations.
Brighthouse Financial shares gained after The Wall Street Journal reported that it is in exclusive talks to be acquired by the investment firm Aquarian. The stock climbed 10% to $52.25 in after-hours trading Tuesday. At the close shares were down about 2% this year.
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Stocks had been rising modestly in the morning, before news reports saying that Trump was likely to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell quickly sent the S&P 500 down by 0.7%. When later asked directly if he was planning to fire Powell,
US stock market rises as Dow Jones Industrial Average rose slightly on Wednesday, gaining 88 points (0.3%) as investors reacted to better-than-expected bank earnings from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley,
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InvestorsHub on MSNDow Jones, S&P, Nasdaq, Wall Street Futures Slide as Tariff Threats, China Trade Surprise, and Bitcoin Boom Roil MarketsU.S. stock futures fell early Monday as financial markets digested a whirlwind of global developments — including aggressive new tariffs from President Donald Trump, upbeat trade figures from China, and a fresh surge in Bitcoin prices fueled by crypto optimism in Washington.
Stocks moved lower in early trading Friday as investors digested the latest threats from President Donald Trump to impose hefty tariffs on U.S. trading partners.