Stocks ended sharply lower again last night, pulling the S&P 500 into correction territory, defined as 10% pullback from a recent high, in the fastest such move since the Covid pandemic and the seventh-fastest since 1929.

U.S. stocks climbed on Friday amid signs the federal government may avert a shutdown, recovering some of the losses suffered during an escalating trade war. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 675 points,

Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Wall Street stocks rallied on Friday at the end of a volatile week of trading as hopes grew that the US government will avoid a costly shutdown.