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Every “witch” way. Stocks traded up in a high volume, quadruple witching session on Firday. Friday’s session topped off a week of gains, the best since last November, resulting from little economic news but lots of optimism.

Contemplation. Stocks took a day of rest closing mostly unchanged yesterday as traders contemplated their next moves. It was a mixed news day with nothing strong enough to move markets in either direction resulting in a low volume session.

Melt up. Stocks ran up for a third straight day on risk-friendly economic releases. In a relatively quiet day of trading, stocks undaunted by any true hurdles, traded up with all indexes ending in positive territory and the S&P500 reaching a five-month high.

Indecision. Stocks closed mixed yesterday as the Dow Jones was the sole index to close in the red, held back by Boeing’s travails. Mixed stimulus from benign economic numbers to troubles for UK Prime Minister Theresa May led to a relatively uneventful day for traders.

A sea of green. Stocks climbed yesterday led by technology shares breaking a five day losing streak on pure optimism. Stock traders bought the dip and continued the buying that drove up stocks late in Friday’s session as retail sales figures and numbers out of China emboldened their bullish...

Jobs for all. On Friday, stocks sold off on surprising employment data and traders wondered how imminent a China trade deal actually was. The drop in stocks capped off a week of selling, the worst in 2019, as all indexes closed in the red.