Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 14, 2024.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were flat Tuesday as the market rally took another breather, with investors looking ahead to key data slated for release later this week. Futures tied to the S&P 500 … Read more

Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on February 23, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stocks were flat Monday after key stock benchmarks reached record highs and investors awaited inflation data slated for release later this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average … Read more

Amazon joins the Dow, giving the 127-year old index a needed upgrade

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 31, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Wall Street’s blue-chip index is getting a shakeup this week that will make its roster look more modern and potentially help reverse its recent underperformance. On Monday, … Read more

Amazon is getting added to the Dow. What it means for the market benchmark

The Dow Jones Industrial Average could get a boost after online giant Amazon joins its ranks. Since 1896, the blue-chip index has made few changes to its 30-stock lineup, having altered its constituents about 60 times in its roughly 128-year history. But a slew of changes is coming next Monday. The Dow is adding Amazon, … Read more

NVDA, SEDG, TDOC, WING and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nvidia — Nvidia fell 2% during midday trading and built on Tuesday’s more than 4% loss ahead of its quarterly print after the bell. Investors will be closely watching the chipmaker’s results for insights into how long its massive growth cycle can go. SolarEdge Technologies — … Read more

Amazon to replace Walgreens in Dow Industrial Average next week

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks with CNBC’s Jon Fortt. CNBC Amazon will replace Walgreens Boots Alliance in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according to a Tuesday announcement from S&P Dow Jones Indices, which manages the price-weighted measurement of 30 stocks. Amazon shares moved up 1% in extended trading, and Walgreens stock moved 3% lower. The … Read more

Treasury yields fractionally higher ahead of key data releases

U.S. Treasury yields nudged slightly higher on Tuesday morning, as market participants await the release of key economic data points later in the week. Near 2:25 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was around 1.7 basis points higher at 4.1109% while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was up just … Read more

We like health-care stocks in 2024 despite presidential election year weakness

As the old Wall Street adage goes, health care tends to underperform the stock market in presidential election years — and in recent cycles, that’s been true. But, there’s reason to believe this year that many health-related stocks, led by Eli Lilly , could defy historical convention. The S & P 500 Health Care Sector … Read more

What Jim Cramer is watching to see where the stock market goes next

We don’t know what we want. This week, we will find out what it is that will propel us forward or turn us back after the S & P 500 on Friday closed at a new record high for the first time in more than two years. For example, we have three rails that report … Read more

Jim Cramer’s 4 stock ideas from JPMorgan Healthcare Conference

Health care may be a real challenger to tech this year, a business that can actually grow faster than most of tech and has the possibility of a comeback from the Covid straitjacket that so many of these companies got caught up in. The pandemic obscured so much of the growth as Abbott Labs , … Read more