U.S. stock indices closed mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging up 0.02% to 44,922.27. The S&P 500 slipped 0.6% to 6,411.37, while the Nasdaq saw a steeper drop, tumbling nearly 1.5% to 21,314.95. These are the top stocks that gained the attention of retail traders and investors through the day: Palantir Technologies Inc. ( PLTR ) ...

ORLANDO, Florida, Aug 18 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending's surprising resilience is the main reason the economy has not only avoided recession, but continued to grow at a solid clip. The big question now is whether American households can keep that going, especially with higher, tariff-fueled prices coming down the pike. In the U.S., the consumer is king. Consumer spending...

TOKYO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average slid for a second day on Wednesday, coming off of record highs and dragged lower by chip-related companies. SoftBank Group plunged 8.29% while Advantest ( ADTTF ) , a maker of chip-testing equipment, lost 5.4%. The losses came after tech-heavy Nasdaq sank in U.S. trading overnight, with Nvidia ( NVDA )...

04:25 PM EDT, 08/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange closed lower on Tuesday, falling or the third time in four sessions since posting a record close, as a September rate cut didn't become any more likely after today's inflation update, while National Bank has noted a flight of capital out of Canada into the United States despite a...