Stocks higher as profit worries ease; investors await reports
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By George Chamberlin , Daily Transcript Financial Correspondent. Stock prices were little changed Monday as investors awaited the mid-week meeting of OPEC ministers, retail sales numbers and inflation news.
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U.S. stocks traded higher on Tuesday,  shrugging off rebounding oil prices, as several retailers  posted strong earnings and two reports eased worries that the  U.S. economic recovery is losing steam.
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Stocks opened higher on Friday as a higher-than-expected profit forecast from IBM and earnings from General Electric Co buoyed investor sentiment, a day after a sharp sell-off.
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Wall Street was higher after a better-than-expected profit report at Research in Motion and on word that Merrill Lynch might have lined up a cash infusion from a Singapore fund.
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U.S. stocks rebounded on Monday as  worry about oil prices crunching corporate profits eased when  crude retreated from record highs.
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NEW YORK - Strong earnings from financial services companies and upbeat economic data pushed stocks higher Tuesday, but many investors clung to the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates, expected later in the session.    In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 7.52, or 0.1 percent, at 10,212.41...
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Stocks rose on Tuesday as strong earnings by Apple Inc.  and American Express Co  eased concern about consumer spending and profits.
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U.S. stocks ended higher for a second  session in a row on Wednesday, lifted by  better-than-expected  earnings from companies including Texas Instruments Inc.  TXN.N and a drop in crude oil prices.
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Stocks edged higher on Thursday after data showed an unexpected rise in sales of new homes in September, while earnings from tech companies Motorola Inc  and EMC Corp  helped eased worries about third-quarter profits.
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Thursday,   buoyed by strong earnings from economic bellwether FedEx Corp.   FDX.N and an interest-rate pause by the Federal Reserve that   reassured investors about the outlook for profit growth.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24 -- Stocks rallied Friday on good economic reports, easing investor nerves despite worries over the fragile credit market.
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U.S. stocks advanced at the start of trading Wednesday as investors appeared to cheer a report showing better-than-expected productivity.
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U.S. stocks extended their gains on  Tuesday as oil prices slipped, easing concerns that energy  costs would hurt corporate profits and helped raise hopes for  improvement in the economy.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as investors anticipated a cut in interest rates and after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's  earnings allayed worries about the depth of credit market turmoil.
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Wall Street stocks rose Thursday as National Semiconductor Corp.&#39;s strong earnings results soothed investors&#39; worries over higher jobless rate and rising oil prices.
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NEW YORK - Stocks moved narrowly higher in early trading Monday as investors discounted another technology profit warning and focused instead on positive outlooks for third- and fourth-quarter earnings.    While some investors were concerned that rising energy prices would undermine third-quarter results for many companies, a new report by J.P...
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U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday,  extending Friday's rally, with oil prices sliding and investor  sentiment showing improvement ahead of the flow of quarterly  earnings reports that begins this week.