Markets Headlines
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Despite all the ballyhoo over money flowing back into stocks, the return of mom-and-pop investors means little to how well the market performs this year.
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The U.S. 30-year Treasury bond extended its gain to a point as higher yields and a modest stock market retreat from five-year highs drew buyers.
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Platinum rose after mostly upbeat U.S. data signaled the economic recovery is gaining traction, with a soft earnings update from the world's biggest platinum miner and strong monthly U.S. car sales reports adding to support.
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Brent crude oil fell below $116 per barrel on Monday, slipping from 4-1/2-month highs after three weeks of gains powered by signs of improving global economic growth.
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The euro slumped from recent highs against the dollar and yen on Monday as political uncertainty in Spain and Italy renewed concerns about the region's debt crisis just days before a European Central Bank meeting.
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Asian stocks closed mixed on Monday after Wall Street hit a five-year high in the previous session as strong economic data buoyed sentiment.
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With investors jaded by years of turbulence, the Dow's break through 14,000 did not trigger bells and whistles, but it should portend a slow march higher for stocks.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 14,000 for the first time since 2007, but where the blue-chip average goes from here is far from certain. The market needs the Fed to continue its bond-buying program, but eventually it will need to break free from that support if the gains are to be sustained.
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Investors welcomed news that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs last month, sending the Dow above 14,000 for the first time since 2007.
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European shares inched up on Friday, as investors took advantage of the past two sessions' losses to snap up equities more cheaply, reassured by a run of solid data from China, Europe and the United States.
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Prices for U.S. Treasurys turned lower on Friday after data showed an uptick in the unemployment rate, which sparked a broad rally in the stock market.
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U.S. stocks posted strong gains in January, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average continued to trade near an all-time high.
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Jason Gammel, head of European oil at Macquarie, tells CNBC why a combination of factors offsetting each other mean Brent oil prices will be very company specific.
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Drivers are now paying more to fill up their gas tanks than they ever have at this time of year.
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This could be the biggest U.S. bull market of our careers, Richard Bernstein of Richard Bernstein Advisors said at the TDAmeritrade Institutional Conference on Thursday.
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The euro hit a 14-month high against the U.S. dollar and 33-month peak against the yen, the beneficiary of stronger-than-forecast euro zone manufacturing data and expectations of easy monetary policy form Washington and Tokyo.
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History shows that when the S&P 500 gains 5 percent or more in January, it's going to be a good year for stocks, with CNBC's Jeff Cox & Ron Insana.
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Brent crude rose to a four-month peak, with traders citing optimism about the global economic recovery, while Brent's premium over U.S. oil futures widened nearly $1 a barrel in heavy spread trading.
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Gold rose on Friday, set for a weekly gain, after U.S. nonfarm payrolls data showed modest job growth.
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Asian shares wiped earlier gains on Friday as a tepid Chinese manufacturing report dented sentiment, leaving investors on tenterhooks ahead of U.S. nonfarm payroll data due later in the day.
Europe Markets
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European shares were flat on Friday as talks over the "fiscal cliff" stalled.
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European shares closed lower on Wednesday for a third consecutive session, with resurging worries about the global economic outlook undermining investor sentiment.
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Standard & Poor's decision to cut Spain's credit rating to one notch above junk status is weighing on markets.
Asia-Pacific Markets
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Japan's Nikkei breached the 11,0000 mark briefly as the yen continued to weaken.
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As the Chinese boom slows Hermes, Remy and other posh names are still going full throttle in Asia.
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The worst US drought in over 50 years is pushing commodity prices to record highs.