Existing home sales climbed 2.2% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.24 million, according to the National Association of Realtors, the strongest pace since February 2024. Economists polled by Bloomberg expected existing home sales to hit a pace of 4.2 million in December.

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies.

U.S. President Donald Trump's return to the White House has been met with both relief and disappointment across world markets as investors try to work out what the next four years will bring.

Wall Street begins Donald Trump’s second presidential term with gains. Jack Ablin, Chief Investment Officer at Cresset Capital here in Chicago, joins the Gains podcast to talk about financial markets under a new presidential administration.