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Staunch supporters of bitcoin on Wednesday night were questioning Elon Musk’s crypto bona fides after the CEO of Tesla Inc. said that the company would halt its experiment of selling its electric vehicles using bitcoin due to “rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels” mining the digital asset. Musk’s announcement rippled through the crypto markets, sending …

Shares of Align Technology Inc. ALGN, -3.11% shed 3.11% to $548.64 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -2.14% falling 2.14% to 4,063.04 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.99% falling 1.99% to 33,587.66. Align Technology Inc. closed $98.56 short of …

Stocks fell across Europe on Tuesday as Nasdaq futures tumbled more than 1%, with rising U.S. inflation concerns spooking investor sentiment. The pan-European Stoxx 600 SXXP, -2.18% slipped 2%, after closing at a fresh record high on Monday. In London, the FTSE 100 UKX, -2.23% fell 2.3%, while the CAC 40 PX1, -2.13% in Paris …

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE U.S. stocks are off to a weak start Tuesday, a day after the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average put in a strong start to May, pushing the equity benchmarks near records. See full story. Can Ethereum prices hit $5,000 in a week? That’s what one crypto expert speculates …

Shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. CTSH, +0.30% inched 0.30% higher to $80.18 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.08% falling 0.08% to 4,183.18 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.48% falling 0.48% to 33,820.38. This was the stock’s third …

Shares of Micron Technology Inc. MU, +1.56% advanced 1.56% to $86.03 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.09% rising 1.09% to 4,180.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.67% rising 0.67% to 34,043.49. Micron Technology Inc. closed $10.93 short …

Healthy, young volunteers who have previously had COVID-19 will be deliberately exposed to coronavirus for a second time to see how the immune system responds, as part of a new U.K. study. Researchers at the University of Oxford on Monday launched the “human challenge” trial to investigate what happens when volunteers who have recovered from the …

Shares of Uber Technologies Inc. UBER, -0.64% slipped 0.64% to $60.35 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, +0.10% rising 0.10% to 14,052.34 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.48% rising 0.48% to 34,200.67. Uber Technologies Inc. closed $3.70 short …

Shares of Roper Technologies Inc. ROP, +0.81% inched 0.81% higher to $421.58 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.77% rising 0.77% to 4,128.80 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.89% rising 0.89% to 33,800.60. This was the stock’s second …

Shares of Micron Technology Inc. MU, +1.42% advanced 1.42% to $95.29 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.42% rising 0.42% to 4,097.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.17% rising 0.17% to 33,503.57. This was the stock’s second consecutive …