Wall Street

The Dow Jones industrial index was on course to breach the 24,000 mark at the open for the first time on Thursday, supported by a rebound in technology stocks and progress on President Donald Trump's tax-cut plan.

Sears Holdings Corp continued its streak of declining sales in the third quarter, reporting a double-digit drop in comparable sales at its Sears and Kmart chains.

Oil markets opened cautiously on Thursday ahead of the outcome of an OPEC meeting in Vienna later in the day, with members set to debate the path for an extension of the group's supply-cut agreement.

The Dow rallied to a new record high Wednesday, inching closer to the 24,000 milestone.

Nasdaq Inc plans to launch a futures contract based on bitcoin in 2018, making it the third exchange operator to plan U.S. derivatives contracts linked to the digital currency, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.

Proxy battles have sprung up across multiple industries in 2017, and experts say activist investors will only increase in influence throughout the coming years.

Jerome Powell, U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Federal Reserve, told a Senate panel that after years of adding new rules it was time to take a pause and review what has been done.

Wall Street jumped to fresh all-time highs Tuesday as comments by Federal Reserve Chair nominee Jerome Powell sparked a rally in bank stocks.

Stocks were mixed Monday, as a decline in energy names partially offset positive data on e-commerce sales and new-home demand.