US Stocks Rise; S&amp;P 500 Has Best Three-Week Rally Since 2002
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US stocks rose, capping the Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s 500 Index&#39;s best three-week rally in two years, as better-than-expected reports on retail sales and consumer confidence suggested the economy may accelerate.
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U.S. stocks rose for a third straight   day on Wednesday as data showing a surprising gain in August   new home sales fueled optimism that a slowdown in the housing   market won't be severe enough to hurt corporate profit growth.
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Stocks extended their rally on Friday,  lifting the Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX to a 3-year  high, while bonds and gold rose and the dollar and oil dropped.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, driving the S&P 500 up more than 1 percent as shares of Exxon Mobil Corp.  and other energy companies advanced on rising oil prices, and after the U.S. government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday after the  Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the third time this  year by a quarter of a percentage point and said the economy  was regaining some momentum.
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Asian stocks had the biggest gain in seven months on optimism the US economy is growing after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and a government report showed an unexpected increase in retail sales last month.
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Stocks rallied Wednesday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to a new all-time record and the S&P 500 to a fresh 6-1/2 year high, after investors cheered comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as a run  of positive company earnings stoked a rally that began on  Tuesday, ending four straight days of declines.
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U.S. stocks jumped the most in three weeks on Friday, as strong results from the company behind the BlackBerry boosted technology shares while financials rose on a report that another U.S. brokerage may get a big foreign investment.
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The Dow industrial average and the S&P 500 briefly turned higher as shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co  , the No. 3 U.S. bank, led a rebound in financial shares, while the Nasdaq pared losses.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held rates steady and did not signal a shift in policy for now.
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Stocks rallied following last week's solemn anniversary.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as a run  of positive company earnings stoked a rally that began in the  previous session, ending four days of declines.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, with the S&P 500 index reaching a six-year high and the Nasdaq jumping more than 1 percent as lower oil prices and a wave of takeover deals boosted optimism about the economic outlook and corporate valuations.
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US stocks rallied on Monday after software maker PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) accepted rival Oracle Corp.&#39;s (ORCL.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, a day  after the blue-chip Dow hit a 3-1/2 year high, as oil prices  tumbled more than a dollar and battered-down drug stock Pfizer  Inc. PFE.N rose more than 3 percent.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- US stocks were back in rally mode Tuesday, with all three of the major indexes marking fresh 42-month highs on news of a surge in consumer confidence to its best levels since July.