Shares of industrial and transportation companies rose as the Maduro ouster buoyed defense contractors. Shares of Lockheed Martin and German munitions maker Rheinmetall were among the gainers. The ...

ETFs appear cheaper due to lower expense ratios, but total ownership costs include bid-ask spreads paid on every transaction.

Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 5 PM ET: Oil Stocks, Banks Push Dow to New Record | U.S. ... Chevron shares had some of the biggest gains, rising 5.1%. The Dow industrials rose 1.2%, and the S&P ...

Next, defense stocks are industrial stocks. The Industrial Select holds Lockheed and General Dynamics, and others. Defense ...

Wall Street is assessing the US military strike and capture of President Maduro in Venezuela, while hopes for AI demand buoy ...

Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 3 PM ET: Stocks Jump After U.S. Captures Venezuela's Maduro | U.S. ... The Dow industrials led gains among major indexes, boosted by energy and defense stocks.

It marked the 10th straight month that the PMI has been in contraction, and the weakeast reading since October 2024.

Tempe, AZ, January 5, 2026-The Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) registered 47.9% in December, a 0.3-percentage ...

US manufacturing activity shrank in December by the most since 2024, capping a rough year for American factories.

The Institute for Supply Management said that its purchasing managers index of manufacturing activity fell to 47.9 in the month, compared with 48.2 in November.

According to the ISM, a higher than expected reading is typically viewed as positive or bullish for the USD, while a lower than expected reading is seen as negative or bearish. The recent PMI data, ...

December U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI: 47.9 vs. 48.3 consensus and 48.2 in November, according to data released by the ...