Currencies

Stocks fell in low volume on Wednesday in a broad decline, triggered in part by a sharp drop in home resales.

U.S. stocks pared some gains in afternoon trading on Tuesday, pulling the Dow Jones Industrial Average away from the elusive 20,000 mark as losses in industrials slightly offset gains in technology and financial shares.

U.S. stocks pared some gains in afternoon trading on Tuesday, pulling the Dow Jones Industrial Average away from the elusive 20,000 mark as losses in industrials slightly offset gains in technology and financial shares.

Shares are mostly higher in Asia as trading for the last week of the year began Tuesday after most markets were closed for Christmas.

Shares are mostly higher in Asia as trading for the last week of the year began Tuesday after most markets were closed for Christmas.

Iran's currency has struck an all-time low this week, trading at 41,600 rials to $1.

Iran's currency has struck an all-time low this week, trading at 41,600 rials to $1.

Shares fell in most markets in Asia on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump named an economist who is harshly critical of China to head a newly created White House council on trade.

Shares fell in most markets in Asia on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump named an economist who is harshly critical of China to head a newly created White House council on trade.

Shares were meandering in thin trading Thursday in Asia, as investors wound down ahead of the holidays.

Shares were meandering in thin trading Thursday in Asia, as investors wound down ahead of the holidays.

It's time to take a deep dive into the pros and cons of a strong U.S. dollar.

It's time to take a deep dive into the pros and cons of a strong U.S. dollar.

The threat of "Brexit" is delivering a Christmas bonanza to Northern Ireland, where the thousands visiting daily from the euro-using Republic of Ireland are finding bargains driven by the battered pound.

The threat of "Brexit" is delivering a Christmas bonanza to Northern Ireland, where the thousands visiting daily from the euro-using Republic of Ireland are finding bargains driven by the battered pound.

Wall Street extended a recent rally on Monday but finished the session short of earlier highs after several people were killed by a truck driven into a Christmas market in Germany.

Wall Street extended a recent rally on Monday but finished the session short of earlier highs after several people were killed by a truck driven into a Christmas market in Germany.

President-elect Donald Trump's ambitious plans to revive exports, return jobs to the United States and increase oil drilling are running up against a home-grown threat: The surging U.S. dollar.

President-elect Donald Trump's ambitious plans to revive exports, return jobs to the United States and increase oil drilling are running up against a home-grown threat: The surging U.S. dollar.

Venezuelan troops are patrolling cities where rioting erupted over an official decree that nullified most of the country's currency.