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Wall Street up on data, may end six-day losing streak

The dollar index, which touched a 7-month low earlier in the week, was up 0.13 percent after the US data Treasury prices fell.

Wall Street loses over 1,000 points at open, all three US indexes in correction

Oil majors Exxon and Chevron fell about 6.6 percent. US oil and gas stocks have already lost about $310 billion of market value this year.

ECB's Mario Draghi says large majority in favour of QE, US stocks open on a high

Draghi said at a news conference following the ECB's monetary policy meeting that governing council members had been "unanimous in stating that the asset purchase programme is a true monetary policy tool in a legal sense".

Traders nervous ahead of US jobs data today

Traders are nervous as Friday's release of employment figures for June is the first jobs report since 19 June when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke roiled investors with talk of a pullback in monetary stimulus.

US stocks jump 2% after factory, construction data

Wall Street stocks kicked off 2012 with a sharp rally on Tuesday after data showed US manufacturing activity and construction spending picked up.

US stocks edge higher after improved GDP, jobless data

Stocks edged higher on Thursday, putting the benchmark S&P 500 index on track for its third straight advance after economic data pointed to gradual improvement in the economy.

Wall St, Asian markets gain on euro zone hopes

US stocks rose on Monday as sentiment swung toward hope that European officials would find a way to cut Greece's debt and shore up European banks.

Japanese shares open 1.74 percent higher

Japanese shares opened higher today after Germany and France said that they were convinced that debt-ridden Greece's future lay in the eurozone.

World stocks rise on bank hopes, euro maintains gains

Asian shares rose on Tuesday and the euro held most of the previous session's big gains on hopes that European leaders are finally taking action to protect the continent's banks from its festering sovereign debt crisis.

Global stocks slide on Fed's statement; US dollar rallies

US stocks slid and benchmark Treasury yields hit a more than 60-year low, after the Federal Reserve announced a $400 billion bond-buying program.