Stocks end mixed following jobs, services data

The United States recorded job losses for the sixth month in a row in June, bringing the number of people put out of work in the first six months of the year close to half a million. Weighed down by rising energy prices and the housing crisis, ...

Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish yesterday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on employment. The stock market closed early ahead of the Fourth of ...

Weighed down by energy prices and a housing crisis, workers in stores, factories and forsaken building sites were laid off, the government said yesterday. With more job cuts expected in coming months, there's growing concern that many people will ...

Wall Street resumed its sell-off Wednesday after oil hit a new record and a bearish analyst report renewed concerns that General Motors Corp. could run out of cash. The stock market's pullback, which accelerated in the final hours of the week's last ...

Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday, but stocks still had their third dismal week in a row.

For the week, the major indexes again posted losses as worries about rising oil prices and the fallout from the ...

The stock market closed early ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

A largely as-expected report from the Labor Department said the nation’s unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent last month. The government also ...

Wall Street opened higher Thursday after the U.S. government reported that the unemployment rate held steady in June...The Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 6.50 to 1,268.02 points; and the Nasdaq rose 5.53 to 2,256.99 points...Labor Department ...

he nation lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in June, a storm of pink slips drenching this year's July Fourth holiday for more than 60,000 Americans and leaving thousands more worried about the future. Weighed down by energy prices and the housing ...

Treasury bond prices were mixed Thursday after reports showed that the economy lost jobs for the sixth straight month and that the services sector contracted in June. Reports from the Labor Department and the Institute for Supply Management ...

Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on employment. The Dow Jones industrial average showed a sizable ...