A solid Wall Street week ended with gains for stocks as a rally in the market’s most-influential group offset conflicting signals about progress in President Donald Trump’s trade negotiations. Bonds and the dollar rose. The surge in megacaps sent the S&P 500 above...

A Jeff Bezos-backed startup aims to appeal to American car buyers’ patriotism and pocketbooks. Slate Auto plans to debut a small electric-powered, American-made pickup for less than $20,000 with federal subsidies. The bare bones, two-seater truck is designed to make a...

Michael Mullaney’s mind was elsewhere during the market rebound this week, even as stocks surged, borrowing costs for Corporate America eased and Treasuries settled down. Instead, the head of research at value-investing firm Boston Partners found himself checking and...

US consumer sentiment fell to one of the lowest readings on record and long-term inflation expectations climbed to the highest since 1991 on fears of the economic fallout from tariffs. The final April sentiment index fell to 52.2 from 57 a month earlier, according to...

Rising tariffs and the weakening dollar are casting a shadow on companies’ profit guidance this earnings season, with more damage seen unfolding over the coming quarters. Companies across Europe are already sounding the alarm following the dollar’s slide to three-year...

Emerging-market stocks rallied, erasing losses for the year, while currencies were mixed Wednesday as traders weighed the odds of a moderation in trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. An MSCI Inc. gauge for developing-nation equities rose for a...