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Robinhood Markets Inc.’s shares fell Thursday, after the financial-services platform once again missed out on membership in ...

The S&P 500 is a stock index that tracks the performance of 500 of the leading publicly traded companies in the U.S., serving as a key benchmark for the overall health of the U.S. economy. Tech firms ...

The S&P 500 Index closed at a new all-time high on Friday, closing at 6,173.07. The prior high of 6,144.15 was reached on ...

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Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc. are down 3.2% at 9:33 a.m. Eastern time after the financial-services platform missed out an S&P 500 Index listing, despite [predictions that it could join the benchmar ...

The broad market index gained 0.47% and closed at 6,227.42. The S&P 500 scored a fresh all-time intraday high and closed at a ...

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