Dow drops more than 600 points Friday, suffers…

U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday, wrapping up a roller-coaster week on Wall Street as heightened speculative trading by retail investors continued to unnerve the market.The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 620.74 points, or 2%,…

5 things to know before the stock market…

Here's the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day:Investors assess vaccine news against Covid-19 case spikesPfizer and BioNTech to request emergency authorizationConflicting developments around remdesivirCDC tells Americans to…

Here’s what happened to the stock market on…

Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 60 pointsBiggest retail sales drop everU.S. monthly retail sales fell by 16.4% in April, a record. So-called core retail sales — which exclude auto, gas, food and building materials sales…