Petersburg-based tobacco company Star Scientific Inc. has changed its ticker symbol on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Its trading symbol changed from STSI to CIGX as of yesterday, the company said. Star Scientific, a small company that makes smokeless-tobacco products, said the change is intended to better communicate its business goals. “The change in trading symbol reflects our intent to signal more prominently the company’s core mission and business, which is to reduce the harm associated with tobacco use,“ Paul L. Perito, the company’s chairman, said in a statement.

Stocks are set to continue their slide as the dollar is strengthening, and after a week of mixed economic reports. Futures are modestly lower.

Wall Street is looking at a weaker open as investors await retail earnings reports that will give more clues about consumer spending.

World stock markets rose Monday after the Group of 20 leading rich and developing countries agreed to maintain their stimulus measures in the wake of weak U.S. employment figures.

Asian stock markets snapped three days of losses Friday after the U.S. economy broke out of a yearlong slump, spurring hopes of improved demand for the region’s exports. European shares were mixed.

European stock markets traded flat on Thursday as investors awaited quarterly growth data from the U.S. later in the day for insight into the state of the world’s biggest economy.

Stock futures are pointing to a modestly higher opening as investors await a key reading on the nation’s economic health.

Stock futures are little changed as a drop in revenue at General Electric weighed on the market.

When the Dow Jones industrial average first passed 10,000 a decade ago, traders tossed commemorative caps and uncorked champagne. This time around—yesterday—the feeling was more like relief. The best-known barometer of the stock market entered five-figure territory again yesterday, the most visible sign yet that investors believe the economy is clawing its way back from the worst downturn since the Depression. The milestone caps a stunning 53 percent comeback for the Dow since early March, when stocks were at their lowest levels in more than a decade.

Stock futures were little changed Wednesday after a furious two-day rally, as investors await the kickoff of earnings season.

Stocks slid across all industries as investors worried that consumers’ reluctance to spend will hurt corporate earnings. Many companies’ second-quarter results were boosted by cost-cutting, not higher sales.

Stock futures moved sharply higher Friday after a new report showed July job losses were less than anticipated and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dipped.

U.S. stock futures are extending their early gains after a better-than-expected report on weekly jobless claims.

U.S. stock futures are pointing to a lower opening Tuesday as investors around the world pause after a recent runup, hoping for more confirmation that an economic recovery is underway.

U.S. stock futures are pointing to a higher open as investors await data on the manufacturing and housing industries.