* Dow Jones Index, S&P 500 hit record highs. * Dollar sluggish at 1-month low on bets of a dovish Fed. * Pan-European STOXX 600 index also at all-time high. * China shares bounce, still down sharply on week. By Koh Gui Qing.
* Dow Jones Index, S&P 500 hit record highs. * Dollar sluggish at 1-month low on bets of a dovish Fed. * Pan-European STOXX 600 index also at all-time high. * China shares bounce, still down sharply on week. By Koh Gui Qing.
Strong company earnings and solid economic growth data pushed U.S. shares to record highs on Thursday, though the Federal Reserve's message earlier this week that it was in no hurry to taper stimulus pinned the dollar at a one-month low.
* Dow falls 0.4%, S&P flat, Nasdaq rebounds 0.7% * China blue-chip index closes up 0.2% * Yuan edges back from three-month lows. * Dollar softens. By Koh Gui Qing. U.S. stocks and the dollar slipped on Wednesday in listless trade after the Federal Reserve gave no clue about when it might start reducing its purchases of government bonds, even as it said the economic recovery is on track.
* Fed keeps overnight benchmark interest rate near zero. * Fed leaves unchanged bond-buying program. * Alphabet rises after results. By Caroline Valetkevitch. The S&P 500 ended little changed on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank was still a ways away from considering raising interest rates.
* S&P 500 up 0.05%, Nasdaq rebounds 0.6% * European stocks boosted by upbeat earnings. * China blue-chip index closes up 0.2% * Yuan edges back from three-month lows. * Dollar makes marginal gains. * Fed statement due at 2 p.m. EDT. By Koh Gui Qing and Tom Arnold.
* Indexes: Dow down 0.3%, S&P up 0.04%, Nasdaq up 0.6% By Caroline Valetkevitch. The S&P 500 reversed declines to trade barely higher in choppy trading on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economic recovery remained on track despite rising coronavirus cases and that higher inflation remained the result of "transitory factors."
* S&P 500 up 0.05%, Nasdaq rebounds 0.6% * European stocks boosted by upbeat earnings. * China blue-chip index closes up 0.2% * Yuan edges back from three-month lows. * Dollar makes marginal gains. * Fed statement due at 2 p.m. EDT. By Koh Gui Qing and Tom Arnold.
* China blue-chip index closes up 0.2% * Yuan edges back from three-month lows. * Dollar makes marginal gains. * Fed statement due at 2 p.m. EDT. By Tom Arnold. Global equities regained some poise on Wednesday as a storm in Chinese stocks showed signs of easing, while the dollar made modest gains as investors awaited a Federal Reserve meeting.
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