Consumer companies were more or less flat amid renewed anxiety about inflation.
The price component of the first-quarter gross-domestic product growth foreshadows "either a massive surprise in March inflation...or, more likely, moderate upward revisions to Jan & Feb."
Pending home sales rose 3.4% in March from the previous month, according to the monthly index released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.
Southwest Airlines warned it would have to exit four airports because of plane shortages caused by Boeing's manufacturing woes.
German consumer confidence rose to its highest level since May 2022, in a promising sign for the largest euro-zone economy.
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