stocks

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Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average gained 4.4% early on, while South Korea’s Kospi added 5.1%, buoyed by sharp rises in chip stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Asian markets breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after President Trump announced a cease-fire with Iran, buoying stocks and sending oil lower on hopes that an end to the conflict is in sight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Airline stocks were trading lower early Tuesday afternoon — with Delta shares down 1.4% at around $66, and United and JetBlue shares each down about 3% at roughly $88 and $4.50, respectively.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Investors like to know what other investors are doing, partly to help identify tops and bottoms in popular stocks.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Behind his innocent façade of a doctor without prestige there was hidden a terrorist who with his short-legged boots covered the scars that five years in the stocks had left on his legs.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez