The U.S. stock market rebounded from a nine-day losing streak Monday, posting its biggest gain in eight months and driving the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 370 points.
Financial stocks led the broad market rally, which erased more than half of the losses racked up by the Standard & Poor's 500 index since October 25.
5. US stocks can't hang onto gains, finish lower - Friday, September 16, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks wobbled and finished mostly lower Monday as investors waited for central bank meetings in the United States and Japan. Health care and technology companies took some of the biggest losses while banks rose.
6. Stocks end mostly lower in quiet trade; oil prices decline - Friday, August 19, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed slightly lower in quiet trading Monday after drifting most of the day between gains and losses. Energy companies fell along with the price of oil while biotechnology and drug companies rose after Pfizer announced it was buying a cancer drug maker.
7. Top 10 highest-paid CEOs - Friday, May 20, 2016
Here are the 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.
1. Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia, $94.6 million, up 881 percent. Expedia's stock return last fiscal year: 47 percent.
8. US stocks recover from an early slump and close higher - Friday, April 15, 2016
Energy companies led a broad rally in U.S. stocks Monday as investors shrugged off another slide in crude oil prices.
The gain nudged the Dow Jones industrial average slightly above the 18,000-point mark for the first time since last summer, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose to the highest level in a year.
9. US stocks jump after solid March jobs report - Friday, April 1, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Friday after the government said job growth continued at a strong clip in March. Makers of consumer goods and household products rose, and health care companies rebounded. The solid employment report helped U.S. stocks stay out of a steep global decline.
10. An up-and-down day for stock market ends with a solid gain - Friday, October 2, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks posted solid gains in a quiet session Wednesday, helped by advances in health-care and industrial companies.
Without any major economic reports to work with, trading was lighter than usual. Many investors remain on the sidelines ahead of Thursday's release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting and the start of corporate earnings season.
11. Top 10 highest-paid CEOs - Friday, May 22, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — Here are the 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2014, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive pay data firm:
1. David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $156.1 million, up 368 percent
12. Top 10 highest-paid CEOs - Friday, May 23, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Here are the 10 highest-paid CEOs of 2013, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive pay research firm:
1. Anthony Petrello, Nabors Industries, $68.2 million, up 246 percent
13. US stocks edge higher in afternoon trading - Friday, May 16, 2014
Stocks held on to modest gains in afternoon trading Thursday, building on the prior day's rebound. Investors were encouraged by reports on Chinese manufacturing, U.S. home sales and some positive earnings from Best Buy, Dollar Tree and other retailers.