S&P 500 Index Rises Toward 5th Quarterly Gain Before Yellen Talk

U.S. stocks climbed, with the Standard & Poor™s 500 Index poised for a fifth straight quarterly gain, amid signs of tension easing in Ukraine and before a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.The S&P 500 gained 0.3 percent to 1,863.25 at 9:30 a.m. in New York. A quarterly advance would give the gauge its longest streak since 2007. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 32.17 points, or 0.2 percent, to 16,355.23.The S&P...

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Climb Before Fed Chair Yellen’s Speech

U.S. stock-index futures climbed, indicating the Standard & Poor™s 500 Index will rebound from last week™s decline, as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Biogen Idec Inc. advanced 1.8 percent in premarket trading after winning U.S. regulatory approval for a blood-disorder treatment. Tesla Motors Inc. added 1.2 percent after reaching an agreement with car-dealer lobbying groups in New York. S&P ...

Hong Kong Stocks End 0.39% Higher

Hong Kong shares climbed 0.39 percent on Monday, in line with a broad Asian advance, following a strong lead from Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 85.53 points to finish at 22,151.06 on turnover of HK$66.05 billion (US$8.52 billion). But, in China, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.41 percent, or 8.41 points, to 2,033.31 on turnover of 71.6 billion yuan ($11.5 billion). The Shenzhen Composite Index, which...

Asian Stocks Rise Fourth Day as Consumer Shares Lead Gains

Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index heading for its fourth straight daily gain, as consumer shares led the advance. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 0.9 percent to 137.84 as of 5:15 p.m. in Tokyo with about three shares rising for each that fell. The gauge lost 0.8 percent this month and 3.3 percent this year through last week as investors weighed the crisis in Ukraine, with stocks in Japan and Hong Kong declining...

China’s Stocks Benchmark Posts Biggest Quarterly Loss Since June

China™s stocks fell, capping the benchmark index™s biggest quarterly loss since June, as industrial and consumer-discretionary companies slumped before the release of manufacturing data tomorrow. FAW Car Co. and XJ Electric Co. slid at least 2 percent. China Minsheng Bank Corp. dropped the most in three weeks after earnings trailed analysts™ estimates. BesTV New Media Co., which formed a game console venture with Microsoft Corp. in Shanghai™s...