adding 83 points yesterday. the s&p rose 11 points. the nasdaq was up 20. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei gained 76 points while in hong kong the hang seng added 113. who knows how long it s going to lasts, but wall street s recent rally made a comeback yesterday. worries about european debt died down after portugal pulled off a better than expected bond auction. meanwhile, high hopes for bank stocks and bigger dividends sent financials higher. jpmorgan chase and bank of america both gained 2%. adding to the upbeat mood, the fed said the economy is slowly moving in the right direction. its latest beige book survey found improvement in factory production, consumer spending, and even hiring at the end of 2010. grain prices shot up after the government predicted corn and soybeans will be in short supply this year, fueling fears about rising food prices. invidia boosted the tech
if that s not enough, he weighed in at seven pounds, 11 ounces. making quite a statement there. here s your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,671 after adding 34 points yesterday. the s&p rose four points. the nasdaq gained nine. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei was up two points. in hong kong, the hang seng climbed 365. and stocks broke a three-day slump tuesday thanks in part to cautious optimism from some of the nation s largest retailers. the day started off on an upswing with upbeat earnings from sears holdings. the retailer s shares added 6% after raising its profit outlook above wall street s estimates thanks to strong fourth quarter sales. a better than expected earnings report from tiffany & co. offered proof that americans who have cash these days are in a spending mood. tiffany s upped its full-year
saying it is, quote, a clever ploy to divide the international community. sky watchers across europe and the middle east this morning were treated to the first partial solar eclipse of 2011. in jerusalem the moon s shadow took a small bite out of the sun. this was the first of four partial solar eclipses this year. great video. and it may be a few days late, but italy s mt. edna put on a fireworks display to welcome the new year yesterday. spewing out ash and fire. here s your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,670 after jumping yesterday. the s&p rose 14 points. the nasdaq shot up 38. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei climbed 169 points while in hong kong, the hang seng added 232. stocks started off the year with a big lift on monday and could be a promising sign for the rest of 2011.
this year is believed to be 13.1 billion light years away. and now here s your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,107 after climbing 129 points yesterday. the s&p rose 12 points, and the nasdaq gained 20. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei fell five points, the hang seng added 92. another strong crop of earnings added to gains. a decline in the dollar dropping to a near 15-year low against the yen helped fuel the rebound, which nearly erased tuesday s big sell-off brought on by fears of a slowdown in china. commodities were the big winners with freeport-mcmoran copper and gold up 3%. eaton sent shares up over 4%. boeing gave the dow the
a rare coincidence with odds of one in four trillion. by the way, there were three first prize winners who earned over $1 million apiece. huh. very lucky. now here s your first look be at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,143, after adding 80 points yesterday. the s&p rose eight points, and the nasdaq gained 11. in overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei went up 40 points, while in hong kong the hang seng climbed 294. wall street could be in for a rough starts today if late monday results from two tech giants take a toll on stocks this morning. apple shares hit an all-time high monday but larged their largest single-day slide after the bell thanks to a battleneck that slowed sales of its ipad. iphones blew past sales expectations, boosting apple s net income by 70%. elsewhere after the bell, ibm beat the street s profit