AstraZeneca looks poised to announce a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump that’s focused on lowering drug prices, in a move that would see the British drugmaker follow in the footsteps of Pfizer.

The current shutdown has promised to look different for markets from past ones because the Trump White House’s budget office has indicated there could be mass layoffs — also known in Washington as ...

A gauge of investor anxiety has jumped Friday, with the Cboe Volatility Index up around 28% in afternoon trading. The Cboe Volatility Index, which trades under the ticker symbol VIX, was trading at ...

Major U.S. equities benchmarks were struggling Friday, with the S&P 500's tech sector posting a sharp loss in afternoon trading.

On the heels of a fast and furious climb this year, silver is within sight of $50 an ounce — a level investors are eager to celebrate because it’s taken the white metal 45 years to get here.

Shares of Rocket Lab Corp. shot up into record territory Friday, lifted by a deal to launch satellites for Japan’s space agency. The two-launch contract with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...

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Almost all of the S&P 500’s 11 sectors were trading lower Friday afternoon, but consumer staples remained in positive territory. Consumer staples, a traditionally defensive sector of the U.S. stock ...

A popular exchange-traded fund that holds seven Big Tech stocks was under selling pressure on Friday as its entire portfolio struggled. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF — whose holdings include ...

The Trump White House is down to five finalists in its selection process for the next Federal Reserve chair, after saying two months ago that it was picking among 11 candidates.

How are U.S. stock-index futures trading? S&P 500 futures are up 0.09% Dow industrials futures are up 0.1% Nasdaq-100 futures are up 0.09% On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 243 ...

More than a week after the U.S. government’s partial shutdown began on Oct. 1, bond-market traders were starting to express a greater degree of concern about the economic fallout. Roughly a quarter of ...