• Dec 30, 2024

Wall Street to close on Jan 9 to honor President Jimmy Carter

U.S. stock exchanges will close on Thursday, January 9 in observation of a national day of mourning in honor of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100. The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq announced the closures on Monday, a customary gesture to honor deceased presidents. President Joe Biden directed January 9 to be a day of national mourning for Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace prize for his humanitarian work.

  • Dec 30, 2024

Stock market today: Wall Street slumps in final days of a banner year for US stocks

Boeing fell 3.2% after one of its jets skidded off a runway in South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 people aboard. The disaster was yet another blow for Boeing following a machinists strike, further safety problems with its troubled top-selling aircraft and a plunging stock price. United Airlines fell 3.5%, Delta Air Lines slipped 2.3%, and American Airlines fell 0.8%.