Stocks

Stocks rallied to record highs Friday morning as the race for the White House officially got under way after President Trump accepted the presidential nomination of the Republican Party.The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 62 points, or 0.22%, in the opening minutes of trading and topped its 2019 closing value of 28,538.44.Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and…

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Moderna’s vaccine is the first coronavirus vaccine to be tested in humans. (David L Ryan/Boston Globe via Getty Images)European stocks climbed on Wednesday as investors assessed positive results from initial trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine produced by biotechnology firm Moderna (MRNA).The potential vaccine, developed by researchers at the US National Institute of Allergy and…

Stocks in Asia shed earlier gains and traded mixed on Wednesday as concerns over U.S.-China tensions weighed on investor sentiment.Mainland Chinese stocks led losses regionally among the region's major markets, with the Shanghai composite down 1.39% by the afternoon while the Shenzhen component shed 1.604%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index also declined 0.55%.In Japan, the Nikkei 225 gained…

The Dow and the broader US stock market tumbled on Thursday after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Trump administration.