House Dems pass bill to avoid shutdown, suspend debt limit.Pfizer provides 500 million more Covid vaccine doses to U.S. for donation. The nation’s largest banks are asking an international body of regulators to give them the space to grow their crypto asset exposures, sparking debate over where guardrails should be placed on the emerging asset class.At 08:03 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were up 189 points, or 0.56%, S&P 500 e-minis gained 23.5 points, or 0.54%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis jumped 47.5 points,
Wall Street closes rollercoaster week sharply lower
NEW YORK - US stocks ended sharply lower in a broad sell-off on Friday , ending a week buffeted by strong economic data, corporate tax hike worries, the Delta Covid-19 variant, and possible shifts in the US Federal Reserve's timeline for tapering asset purchases.All three major US stock indexes lost ground, with the Nasdaq Composite Index's weighed down as rising US Treasury yields pressured market-leading growth stocks.They also posted weekly losses, with the S&P index suffering its biggest tw