Stocks

U.S. stock indexes capped a wobbly day of trading with mostly slight declines Thursday as the market's three-day winning streak stalled.

Boeing soared early in 2019 and lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average with it.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Jobless claims rose slightly, while import prices jumped.

Asian markets were mixed on Thursday after China said its industrial output slowed in January and February, leaving traders waiting for assurances from Beijing.

The Dubai-based payment processing firm Network International, which completes credit card transactions across the Middle East and North Africa, is preparing for an initial public offering.

The company said it expects adjusted industrial free cash flow to be positive in 2020.

The company has insisted that its talc-based products are demonstrably safe.

U.S. stocks opened broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday, powered by technology and health care companies, as the market pushes for its third straight day of gains.

U.S. stocks closed broadly higher Wednesday as gains in health care and technology companies helped power the market to its third straight gain.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:40 a.m.

Shares in Aurora Cannabis are jumping after the company announced the appointment of activist investor Nelson Peltz as a senior adviser.

Chase said it will also hire up to 700 employees in the new markets.

Shares of oil and natural gas companies helped lift major averages.

Asian shares were lower Wednesday amid continuing global uncertainties that weighed on stocks as some traders took profits from a rally earlier in the week.

Volkswagen has struggled to raise profitability at the VW brand for years.

The move is expected to save about $55 million annually.

U.S. stocks moved broadly higher on Wall Street in early trading Tuesday, led by bank, technology and health care stocks.

Technology and health care companies led U.S. stock indexes mostly higher Tuesday, building on the market's solid gains from a day earlier.

___ Much of world bans Boeing jet involved in Ethiopia crash HEJERE, Ethiopia (AP) — Much of the world, including the entire European Union, has grounded the Boeing jetliner involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or banned it from their airspace.