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Wall Street Ends Choppy Session Lower on Earnings Jitters; Financials Down

NEW YORK—U.S. stocks ended a choppy session lower on Monday as investors grew nervous ahead of third-quarter earnings reporting season. Supply chain problems and higher costs for energy and other things have fueled concern about earnings, set to kick off with JPMorgan Chase & Co. results on Wednesday. Indexes reversed early gains after midday and…


Evergrande Jitters Pull Risk FX Lower, Dollar Gains on Safety Bid

LONDON—The offshore Chinese yuan skidded to three-week lows on Monday, dragging down other risk and commodity currencies as worries about property developer Evergrande’s solvency spooked financial markets, while the safe-haven dollar rose Only on Friday, the yuan hit its highest level in three months at 6.4297 per dollar. The sharp slump in the currency on…


Hong Kong Shares Lead Asia Lower; Tokyo and Shanghai Closed

Shares fell more than 3 percent in Hong Kong on Monday in holiday-thinned trading in Asia, with other big markets in Tokyo and Shanghai closed. Other regional benchmarks also fell after Wall Street wrapped up last week with another decline. Investors are watching to see whether the Federal Reserve will take any action to address…


Wall Street Closes Rollercoaster Week Sharply Lower

NEW YORK—U.S. stocks ended sharply lower in a broad sell-off on Friday, ending a week buffeted by strong economic data, corporate tax hike worries, the Delta COVID-19 variant, and possible shifts in the U.S. Federal Reserve’s timeline for tapering asset purchases. All three major U.S. stock indexes lost ground, with the Nasdaq Composite Index’s weighed…


The 3 Things You Can Do Today to Lower Blood Pressure Tomorrow

If you’ve got high blood pressure or are concerned about it getting high, take a bit of comfort in knowing that blood pressure is not permanent. High blood pressure today can be low in the future if you’re willing to put in some work. The three essential parts to managing or reducing high blood pressure…