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Stock Market News for September 02, 2014 – September 2, 2014 …

Benchmarks settled in the green on Friday after promising economic numbers negated overseas tensions. Encouraging economic data on consumer sentiment and Chicago-area business conditions overshadowed concerns related to the Russia-Ukraine crisis and increased terror-threat level in the United Kingdom. Friday’s gains helped the S&P 500 close at a record high. The index finished above the 2k mark for the third […]

Stock market mixed in afternoon trading – seattlepi.com

The stock market drifted mostly higher Friday afternoon, as investors weighed a mixed picture of the U.S. economy against better-than-expected company earnings. Trading was light ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend.KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 rose three points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,000 as of 2:18 p.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped nine points, or 0.1 […]