Stocks closed broadly higher again Thursday as investors grew more optimistic that a slowing U.S. economy means the Federal Reserve can temper its aggressive interest rate hikes aimed at taming inflation. The S&P 500 rose 1.2 percent as more than 80 percent of the stocks in the benchmark index closed higher. The Dow Jones Industrial…

NEW YORK—Stocks slipped Friday, giving back some of their gains from earlier in the week as worries brewed about the global economy and prospects for profits at big internet companies. The S&P 500 lost 0.9 percent to break a three-day rally that had carried Wall Street to its highest level in six weeks. The Nasdaq…

Stocks on Wall Street closed higher Thursday, building on their winning week, as investors sifted through a deluge of news about the economy, interest rates and corporate profits. The S&P 500 rose 1 percent after shaking off an early stumble, returning to its highest level in six weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also recovered…

A choppy day on Wall Street ended with more gains for stocks Wednesday, as investors welcomed another batch of encouraging profit reports from U.S. companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent, tacking more onto its big gains from a day earlier, when the benchmark index soared 2.8 percent, its best day in weeks. The Dow…

The stock market had its best day in more than three weeks Tuesday as more companies reported how much profit they made during the spring. The S&P 500 climbed 2.8 percent after a powerful tide carried 99 percent of the stocks in the index higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.4 percent and the…

Wall Street capped another choppy day of trading Wednesday with modest gains for the major stock indexes, after investors combed the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent interest rate policy meeting for clues about what the central bank may do next to fight inflation. The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent, its third-consecutive gain, after…