Blue Chips Drop, Oil Reaches $49 a Barrel
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday  and crude oil prices touched $49 a barrel as traders saw a  possible oil loan from U.S. government reserves as too small to  make up for supply disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.
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U.S. blue chips fell on Wednesday as a steep decline in commodity prices and lower crude oil dented shares of Alcoa Inc.  and Exxon Mobil Corp., outweighing strong earnings from McDonald's Corp. .
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The blue-chip Dow Jones average fell  on Thursday after drug maker Merck & Co., a member of the Dow,  recalled its widely sold Vioxx painkiller and oil prices  hovered around $50 a barrel.
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Oil prices touched 2-month lows near  $45 a barrel on Monday before taking back most of their losses,  but the downward trend knocked energy company stocks lower and  U.S. stock indexes ended little changed. A rise in Microsoft  shares helped boost the technology sector.
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Crude oil prices pushed above $49 a barrel on Monday, reflecting concerns about supply in key producers and Hurricane Ivan&#39;s impact on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
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U.S. blue chips edged down on Tuesday  as oil jumped to another record and government data on the  services sector showed that growth was slower than expected  last month.
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NEW YORK - Investors extended their blue chip selloff Thursday as oil prices neared their all-time highs, renewing Wall Street's concerns that high energy costs would deflate third-quarter earnings. Only the Nasdaq composite index managed a minimal gain...
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The latest jump in oil prices to over $55 a barrel pushed stocks down yesterday, with blue chips falling to their lowest levels this year.
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Oil prices fell nearly 1 percent to below $93 a barrel on Tuesday, fading from their latest record high as investors took profits from a rally fuelled by a Mexican supply outage and the spiraling dollar.
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US stocks tumbled further in late trading on Thursday, with blue chips falling by more than 1 percent as investors worried that oil&#39;s jump to a record $53 a barrel would hurt consumer spending and cut into corporate profits.
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Blue-chip stocks pared losses on Wednesday after energy stocks, including Exxon Mobil Corp. , turned positive on data showing a surprise drop in weekly U.S. gasoline supplies.
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Crude oil futures sank for a fourth straight day Friday, settling beneath $43 a barrel for the first time in nearly three months and capping a 14 percent decline for the week.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on Monday  as Dow component 3M Co. MMM.N posted results slightly below  Wall Street estimates and oil prices held near $55 a barrel.
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US blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil touched $49 a barrel, close to the record set last month, and a key gauge of future economic activity fell for a third straight month.
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U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday as oil prices above $69 a barrel hit energy-dependent sectors and offset gains from corporate takeovers.
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U.S. blue chip stocks fell on Wednesday after Honeywell International Inc.  and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.  had quarterly reports that disappointed investors, while oil prices hovering at &#36;55 per barrel sparked fresh worry about higher corporate energy costs.
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NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks lower Tuesday as oil prices crossed another milestone, $54 per barrel. Earnings reports from heavyweights Johnson & Johnson and Merrill Lynch & Co...