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Asian stock markets dropped Wednesday after U.S. earnings fell short of expectations and investors began to focus on next week's Federal Reserve meeting.

U.S. stocks made slight gains in early trading as investors assessed earnings news and digested comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.

Stock indexes are little changed in early trading Monday as investors monitored developments in Greece's latest bid for financial support.

U.S. stocks were little changed in early trading Thursday as investors remain cautious following the comments yesterday from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who suggested that stock prices might be overvalued.

Stocks moved lower in early trading Thursday, sapped by gloomy manufacturing data from Europe, China and Japan.

U.S. stocks were wavering between small gains and losses in early trading Tuesday as investors looked over the latest company earnings reports.

U.S. stocks are edging higher in early trading on Friday as investor pore over the latest corporate earnings.

U.S. stocks were mostly unchanged Friday after four straight days of losses.

Stocks are opening modestly lower in the U.S. Thursday, following bigger declines in Europe after Saudi Arabia launched strikes on key military installations in Yemen.

The stock market drifted lower Wednesday following a drop in durable goods and news of a big merger between Kraft and Heinz.

U.S. stock indexes edged higher in afternoon trading following a strong performance last week.

Stocks were moving higher Friday as oil prices recovered from their decline the previous day.

The stock market headed down in early Thursday trading, giving up some of its gains from the day before.

A tumble in Chinese stocks dragged most other Asian benchmarks lower Thursday after China cut its economic growth target.

The U.S. stock market headed higher on Monday as deals and economic news gave stocks a lift.

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday as a weekend interest rate cut by the Chinese central bank lifted sentiment following the release of lackluster U.S. growth data.

Asian stocks and the euro were weaker Monday after Greece's anti-austerity opposition party won a big victory in national elections, renewing fears the European common currency bloc could unravel.

Asian stocks were sharply lower Friday after a surprise move by the Swiss National Bank to abandon its efforts to keep its currency artificially cheap shocked the market.

World stocks were mostly higher ahead of a monthly employment report that will confirm whether the U.S. remains a bright spot in an otherwise languishing world economy.

The euro sank to a nine-year low Monday as new doubts surfaced about Greece's commitment to the common currency bloc.