Friday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 3,206.06. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.68 billion.

Monday gave the Nasdaq Composite the opportunity to join the S&P 500 in setting a new record high. The Nasdaq Composite index hit at 12-year record high of 3,396.21 during intraday trading, thanks to a 2.38 percent advance by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL).

After a two-day shakeout below support of its 50-day moving average less than two weeks ago, the NASDAQ Composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.

To be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Guotai Nasdaq-100 ETF (513100) will enable Mainland China-based investors to physically track the technology-heavy Nasdaq-100 Index. The emergence of cross-border ETFs on local stock markets such ...

Equity Long/Short funds increased market exposure to 42% from 41% net long; remaining above the 35-40% benchmark level. Macros funds added to their S&P 500 and T-notes shorts, maintained their shorts in the NASDAQ 100, and marginally reduced their ...

Economists had predicted that the gauge would climb to 76.8. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.8 percent to close at 15,354.40.

The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.97 per cent to end at 3,498.97, its highest close in more than 12 years. JPMorgan raised its year-end target for the S&P 500 to 1,715 from 1,580, implying a gain of just under 3.5 per cent for the index for the rest ...

The Nasdaq composite index lost 6.37 points to 3,465.24, a drop of 0.2 percent. Wal-Mart fell 2 percent. The world's largest retailer turned in weaker sales and a dim forecast for profits.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.80 per cent, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 1.03 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 0.97 per cent. Asian markets were trading steady after a U.S. Federal Reserve official said the central ...

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 17.00 points, or 1%, to 1667.47, and the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 33.72 points, or 1%, to 3498.97.