The Business section carries markets, companies, and economy coverage from the wire, updated hourly.

The ticker in the header The three numbers at the top of the site are the day's moves in the S&P 500 (500 large U.S. companies — the broadest common gauge), the Dow (30 long-established large companies), and the Nasdaq Composite (weighted toward technology). Each shows the percent change from the previous close. Green is up on the day, red is down; a normal day moves well under one percent.

Reading business news Company announcements are written by companies; earnings coverage tells you what happened, not what happens next. Markets react to expectations as much as results, which is why good news sometimes sends a stock down.

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