Asian Stocks Swing Between Gains, Losses on U.S. Earnings, Data

Asian stocks swung between gains and losses as investors weighed better-than-estimated earnings from Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. and an unexpected drop in home sales in the world��s largest economy.The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell less than 0.1 percent 138.83 as of 9:25 a.m. in Tokyo, after rising less than 0.1 percent. Japan Topix index lost 0.1 percent and Australia��s S&P/ASX 200 Index added 0.2 percent. Markets in China and Hong...

S&P 500 Falls After Six-Day Rally as Earnings, Data Disappoint

U.S. stocks declined, halting the Standard & Poor��s 500 Index��s longest winning streak since September, after disappointing earnings reports from AT&T Inc. and Amgen Inc. and an unexpected drop in home sales.The S&P 500 fell 0.2 percent to 1,875.39 at 4 p.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 12.52 points, or 0.1 percent, to 16,501.85. The Nasdaq 100 Index of technology stocks lost 0.9 percent.The U.S....

U.S. Stocks Fluctuate After Rally Amid Earnings, Housing Data

U.S. stocks fluctuated, after the Standard & Poor 500 Index completed its longest winning streak since September, as investors weighed earnings from AT&T Inc. to Boeing Co. and a home-sales gauge unexpectedly fell. AT&T dropped 3 percent as more customers opted to pay full price for smartphones in exchange for lower bill in the future. Amgen Inc. plunged 5.2 percent...

European Stocks Decline as U.S. Housing Report Misses Estimates

European stocks dropped, snapping their biggest three-day rally since June, as sales of new houses in the U.S. unexpectedly plunged in March to an eight-month low and investors weighed manufacturing data from China to America.Scania AB declined the most since October 2011 after a shareholder rejected Volkswagen AG��s offer for the remaining shares in the truckmaker. Royal Vopak...

U.S. Stocks Little Changed After Rally

U.S. stocks were little changed, after the Standard & Poor��s 500 Index completed its longest winning streak since September, as investors weighed earnings from AT&T Inc. to Boeing Co. The S&P 500 fell 0.1 percent to 1,878.40 at 9:31 a.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 13.10 points, or 0.1 percent, to 16,501.27. The U.S. equity benchmark gauge has advanced 3.5 percent in the past six days, closing...