Dow Eases From Highs, but Tech Rally Halts Bears as Apple Event Underway

The S&P 500 was up 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite was down by a similar amount.

Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, was down 0.1% at 93.285, with EUR/USD up 0.2% at 1.1831.

By the end of Lagarde's press conference at 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT), the euro was at $1.1898, up 0.8% on the day.

From Georgia to Wisconsin to Ohio earlier this year, voters in primary elections were stuck for hours in lines from sharply reduced polling locations.

The selloff in U.S. stocks may have at least one day more to go if history is a guide, according to Fundstrat Global Advisors LLC.

The head of Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) said on Saturday the former phone monopoly would have no trouble developing 5G infrastructure

US jobless claims dropped for a second straight week, falling to 881 thousand. This was down from 1.006 million and below the forecast of 955 thousand.

Wall Street posted sharp declines on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq sliding more than 5% as investors dumped high-flying technology-focused stocks.

The Bank of Japan must take bolder monetary easing steps to fight the heightening risk of deflation, board member Goushi Kataoka said on Thursday.

The record-breaking moves in the S&P 500 has drawn investors into U.S. assets and, in turn, the U.S. dollar.

Asian equities started strong on Thursday as a sustained recovery in China's services sector .

TikTok’s prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance.

The U.S. dollar "is set to decline further" as the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates very low for years

The U.S. Dollar Index Futures that tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies was down 0.21% to 91.938

The dollar was little changed against European currencies in early trading in Europe Monday

The U.S. Dollar Index that tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies inched down 0.09% to 92.293

The safe-haven yen fell against the dollar, dropping 0.26% to 106.695 per dollar , its lowest since Aug.

Powell is scheduled to address the Fed's annual central bankers' conference later Thursday

Laura passed over Lake Charles, Louisiana, and its oil refineries overnight and was moving quickly north toward Arkansas on Thursday.

The squeeze in gasoline RBOB futures was likewise fading fast, the contract falling another 4.1% to $1.3044 a gallon, its lowest in three days.

Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares higher.

“The thesis here is to advance connectivity on a global basis. Cellular doesn’t do that,” he said.