http://news.yahoo.com/stocks/ Get the latest stock markets news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking stock markets news, including analysis and opinion on top stock markets stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved 2012-05-15T14:07:44-04:005 http://news.yahoo.com/stocks/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifStandard & Poor’s lowered Chesapeake Energy’s credit rating Tuesday, questioning how quickly the company could remedy its financial woes. http://news.yahoo.com/chesapeakes-credit-downgraded-p-shares-dip-180744257–finance.html 2012-05-15T18:07:44ZAssociated Presschesapeakes-credit-downgraded-p-shares-dip-180744257–financeStandard & Poor’s lowered Chesapeake Energy’s credit rating Tuesday, questioning how quickly the company could …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures fell sharply on Thursday evening as JPMorgan Chase & Co stunned investors with news that its chief investment office had incurred “significant mark-to-market losses” that it said could “easily get worse.” JPMorgan‘s stock fell nearly 7 percent to $ 38.05 in after-hours trading and dragged down shares across the entire banking sector. Its executives called an extraordinary conference call with analysts at 5 p.m. EDT where …

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after earnings from Apple Inc. and other U.S. companies blew past expectations, providing a distraction from the economic and political turbulence intensifying in Europe over its debt crisis. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1 percent to 9,562.30 as the yen slipped against the dollar — a movement generally benefiting the country’s exporters. South Korea‘s Kospi index gained 0.4 percent to 1,970.44, helped by improving consumer confidence. …

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks appeared headed for a sharply lower open Monday in the first chance for Wall Street to react to a slowdown in hiring in the United States in March. About an hour before the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial average futures were down 122 points at 12,856. Standard & Poor’s 500 futures were off 15 points at 1,375. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 lost 30 points. The U.S. added …

Wall Street looked set to open slightly lower on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.07 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.07 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.01 percent at 4:21 a.m. E.D.T. (0821 GMT) Federal Reserve policymakers on Monday signaled little appetite for further monetary steps to stimulate U.S. growth in an economy that is gradually strengthening. European Union regulators want banks to restructure so they can wean themselves …

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria is to increase limits on pension funds‘ investment in the stock market to half of their portfolio, from a quarter currently, according to proposals from the regulator seen by Reuters on Monday, a move that could boost its share index. Nigeria‘s pension funds were worth around $ 13 billion in 2010 and have been growing at a rate of 30 percent per year. Its equity market struggled to sustain …

BEIJING – Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday, following Europe and Wall Street down amid growing fears the latest deal to resolve Greece’s debts is faltering. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index shed 0.2 percent to 9,238.63 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was off 0.8 percent at 21,194.4. Seoul’s Kospi fell 1.1 percent to 2,002.60. Global markets rose briefly Wednesday on news China would keep investing in Europe and Greece would fulfill obligations …

NEW YORK – Stocks are ending higher as Greece appeared close to announcing a deal with creditors to reduce its debt. The Dow Jones industrial average ended at its highest level since May 2008 Tuesday. The Dow rose 33 points to close at 12,878. It hasn’t closed higher since May 2008, before the financial crisis. It had been down as many as 62 points in the first half-hour of trading. The Standard & …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.7 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.64 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.79 percent at 5:13 a.m. ET. European stocks were down around 0.7 percent in morning trade, led lower by banks, on revived worries over debt-stricken Greece after a report said Germany was pushing for Athens to …