Equities rebound on insurance bailout hopes
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Investors poured back into equities on Thursday, hoping a rescue plan for ailing bond issuers would stem credit losses, while allegations of a massive trade fraud at Societe Generale added to financial sector woes.
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Stocks jumped on Wednesday, as lower bond yields triggered a rebound in utilities and other shares sensitive to interest rates, while signs of strength in the economy reassured investors.
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Government bond prices rebounded on Wednesday on short-covering, but benchmark yields stayed near five-year highs as strong economic data raised the prospect that the Federal Reserve may increase interest rates.
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Wall Street extended its recovery from last week's big plunge, rising Thursday after several stable sessions helped buttress investor sentiment and allay some concerns about the economy.
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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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Lenders' shares rebound after Monday's bruising.
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US stocks rebounded strongly from an early sell-off on Thursday after MBIA helped alleviate some of the concerns about the troubled bond insurance sector.
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The stock market rallied at the opening bell yesterday as investors expressed relief that a clear election victor was in sight and that President Bush looked set to return to the White House for a second term.
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Battered energy shares like Exxon Mobil rebounded as investors bet that interest rates would not rise anytime soon.
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US stocks soared in late trading on Wednesday amid talk of a government-brokered rescue plan for credit insurers, ending a day of exceptional market volatility across the world that had seen European share prices tumble on fears of a US recession.
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Stocks opened higher on Wednesday as the market rebounded from its worst slide since 2001, boosted by investors snapping up attractively priced equities.
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U.S. stocks rebounded on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the economy was set to grow moderately, calming investors' anxiety a day after the Dow industrials had its worst slide since the September 11, 2001, attacks.
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Northern Rock shares rebound on Monday after a week in which its stock tumbled in the wake of a credit crisis.
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Stocks rose on Monday on growing optimism about second-quarter earnings and plans by Johnson & Johnson  and ConocoPhillips  to buy back their own shares.
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Wall Street rebounded yesterday but traders remained cautious following the worst day for the S&P 500 in almost a year on Tuesday.
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Efforts to rescue a distraught U.S.  bond insurance industry could inject a positive note on Wall  Street but the economic data and earnings reports on tap for  this week are unlikely to change a downward trend for stocks.
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U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday as  battered insurers such as Marsh & McLennan Cos. MMC.N gained  on increased confidence of a quick resolution to New York  Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe of the industry.