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Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:1. Gains, gains, gains2. CeasefireSupporters of Israeli hostages, who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7 2023 attack by Hamas, react to news on the Gaza…

Wall Street couldn't ask for a better start to the earnings season. About 35 S & P 500 have reported fourth-quarter results thus far. Of those, more than 25 have exceeded expectations on the bottom line, according to FactSet. Many of…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 15, 2025 in New York City. David Dee Delgado | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 10, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors…

Pedestrians walk past Japanese national flags decorating a street in the popular tourist area of Ginza as people do last minute shopping before the New Year's holidays, in central Tokyo on December 30, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | AFP |…

Finally, investors received economic data that supports potential Federal Reserve rate cuts later this year. The producer price index, a gauge of wholesale prices, rose 0.2% in December. Economists polled by Dow Jones had expected an…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivering a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 6, 2025.Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets…

Nora Carol Photography | Moment | Getty ImagesThe recent strengthening of the greenback could both benefit and hurt Europe, analysts say, with market watchers anticipating further weakening of the bloc's major currencies in 2025 as…

Internal Revenue Commissioner Danny Werfel speaks during his swearing-in ceremony at the IRS in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 2023.Bonnie Cash | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe 2025 tax season kicks off on Jan. 27, and more taxpayers…

An aerial view of a container ship leaving the dockyard in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province.Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesChina's trade data in December beat expectations by a large margin, with exporters…