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How major US stock indexes fared Friday
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,01/28/22-3:26PM , 193 Reads
A turbulent week for markets ended with a late burst of buying Friday, breaking a three-week losing streak and giving major indexes their biggest gains of the year.
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High gas prices are posted at a full service gas station in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 7, 2021. Oil prices, which have a big impact on the price of gasoline and home heating oils, have been on an up-and-down ride since the fall. And while oil prices are usually pretty volatile, the constantly change nature of the coronavirus pandemic has made predicting the ups and downs even harder. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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A key inflation gauge rose 5.8% in 2021, most in 39 years
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Fri,01/28/22-7:36AM , 263 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 5.8% last year, the sharpest increase since 1982, as brisk consumer spending collided with snarled supply chains to raise the costs of food, furniture, appliances and other goods.
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In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Ben Tuchman works on the floor, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, potentially trimming losses for some of the major indexes this week. (Allie Joseph/New York Stock Exchange via AP)

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Stocks end a turbulent week with biggest gains of the year
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AND ALEX VEIGA - AP Business Writers
Thu,01/27/22-11:17PM , 231 Reads
Wall Street ended a volatile week of trading Friday with a late-afternoon buying spree that gave the major stock indexes their biggest gains of the year and snapped a three-week losing streak.
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A man wearing a protective mask looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian stock markets were mixed Friday as traders looked ahead to data on U.S. employment costs that might influence Federal Reserve decisions on planned interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street sinks for third day
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Thu,01/27/22-12:04AM , 210 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday as traders looked ahead to data on U.S. employment costs that might influence Federal Reserve decisions on planned interest rate hikes.

Tokyo and Seoul advanced while Shanghai and Hong Kong declined.
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