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Shares of media companies are in the doldrums today. The declines come after a federal judge on Wednesday afternoon approved Paramount's settlement with 12 state attorneys general, resolving an an

Mortgage rates just hit a three-week high, putting more pressure on shares of home builders already in the doldrums. A selloff in the bond market has pushed 10-year Trea

The Nasdaq composite led major indexes lower Thursday afternoon. Here's what's moving markets today: Rising oil prices: Oil prices are elevated, despite falling from their highs after President Trump [said on social media](https://www.wsj/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-

CME Group is diving into baseball. The Chicago-based exchange operator said Thursday that it plans to launch futures contracts tied to CME FutureSports performance indexes. The indexes will include statistics on the 30 professional baseball teams, beginning with the Major League Baseball postseason

Trading in single-stock options contracts are near levels reached in 2021, when a new generation of amateur investors shook up Wall Street.

Individual investors aren't letting anything get them down these days.

Volumes in options tied to individual stocks have recently reached levels seen during the meme-stock mania of 2021, about $700 billion of notional volume a day, according to Carrick Lane, an investment manager specializing in options strategies. [Read more here](https://www.wsj/finance/stocks/fr

Berkshire Hathaway shares are on the rise. Class B shares rose 0.9% midday Tuesday, on pace for its longest winning streak since September 2024, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Shares are about 4% off from a record close of $539.80 hit in May 2025, the day before Warren Buffett announced he wa

Here's how markets are reacting to the latest inflation report.

Here is how markets are reacting to the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady, in charts.