Insurers' Stocks Get an Ivan Surge
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When estimates for insured damages from Hurricane Ivan dropped from $20 billion to between $4 and $10 billion, insurance stocks staged a modest rally.
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Oil prices jumped more than a dollar,  climbing above $48 a barrel Wednesday after U.S. data showed  the disruption caused by Hurricane Ivan had eaten into fuel  stocks.
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Shares of casino operators moved lower Wednesday as Wall Street reacted to Hurricane Ivan, the latest storm of the season, poised to hit the Southeastern United States within the next 24 hours.
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Shares of financial services firms helped lead the broader market higher Tuesday as investors were encouraged that insurance companies saw less damage from Hurricane Frances than originally feared.
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NEW YORK -- Wall Street surged higher Thursday as investors welcomed strong earnings from Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and another drop in unemployment benefits claims.
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Insurance industry analyst Michael Dion of investment bank Sandler O&#39;Neill &amp; Partners LLP was a very busy man this week, feverishly tracking Hurricane Ivan as it rumbled
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Solid sales at Richemont helped European  shares stay in positive territory at midday on Thursday but  higher oil prices capped buying, amid worries that Hurricane  Ivan could damage oil facilities in the crude-rich Gulf of  Mexico.
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Stocks snapped a five-day losing streak on Wednesday, with the Dow surging nearly 300 points on optimism that a government plan to rescue ailing bond insurers is taking shape and could prevent billions more in credit losses.
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Insured losses in the United States from Hurricane Ivan, which was roaring toward the US Gulf coast on Wednesday, could run between $4 billion and $10 billion, a risk assessment company said.
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NEW YORK - Wall Street shares took a beating yesterday as a fresh surge in oil prices dented sentiment among investors already fretting about the coming corporate earnings season.
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Crude oil rose and natural gas soared in New York as the approach of Hurricane Ivan disrupted production and tanker shipments in the Gulf of Mexico, where a quarter of US oil and natural gas is pumped.
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Stocks are seen opening little changed  on Monday as crude prices remain high, but insurers may dip on  worries about their potential liabilities after a hurricane  struck Florida on Friday.
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After Hurricane Ivan pummeled a wide  swath of land along the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, some U.S.  insurers swamped by the third major hurricane of 2004 might  find their profits gone with the wind.
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Wall Street surged higher after the investor Warren Buffett offered to help out troubled bond insurers, easing some concerns about further deterioration in the credit markets.
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Shares of Marsh &amp; McLennan Cos. , the world's largest insurance brokerage, had their biggest gain in almost three months after The Wall Street Journal said the broker may settle New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's bid-rigging charges next week.
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Hurricane Ivan, with winds near 140 mph, pushed oil prices higher today as it moved through the Gulf of Mexico on a path that may bring it ashore between Louisiana and Florida by Thursday.
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Wall Street is seen opening little  changed on Monday as crude prices remain high, but insurers may  dip on worries about their potential liabilities after a  hurricane struck Florida on Friday.