Stocks top 1 pct on financial, tech rally
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Stocks climbed on Friday, with gains  on all three major indexes topping 1 percent, as strong results  from Research in Motion lifted the technology sector while a  report of another overseas investment in a U.S. investment bank  boosted financial stocks.
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Stocks extended gains on Wednesday, with the Dow at an all-time intraday high and the Nasdaq up 1 percent as weaker-than-expected services data calmed interest-rate and inflation worries.
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US stocks rose, led by technology shares after Dell Inc.&#39;s chief executive officer said demand at the world&#39;s No. 1 personal-computer maker is ``healthy.
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U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, helped  by technology shares Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, which touched a  2 1/2 year high, and Intel Corp. INTC.O as well as a  resumption of falling oil prices.
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U.S. stocks resumed their rally on  Tuesday and shot to fresh year highs, as sharply stronger  consumer confidence data cheered investors and boosted shares  of retailers, while Internet stocks gained after a brokerage's  upgrade of Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. AMZN.O.
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Stocks rose on Friday amid heavy  trading on the first day of the quarter as PeopleSoft Inc.  PSFT.O and chip-related stocks boosted the tech-heavy Nasdaq  to its highest level in more than two months.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 index to a six-year high and the Nasdaq Composite index up more than 1 percent, as corporate takeover deals and lower crude oil prices boosted investor optimism about the economy and corporate profits.
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US stocks were set to move slightly higher at the open on Friday with a $1 billion share buyback at Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) supporting
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U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday, driving the Dow to a record intraday high after the Federal Reserve held rates steady and flagged no new concerns about inflation, signaling that a rate hike this year was less likely.
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Stocks rallied on Friday as strong results from Research in Motion lifted the technology sector while a report of another overseas investment in a U.S. investment bank boosted financial stocks.
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Despite rising oil prices, U.S. stocks this week had their biggest rally since October, as investors reacted to some positive economic indicators, the easing of tensions in Iraq and Google Inc.'s unexpectedly strong performance after going public.
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U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, sending the Dow up 1 percent to a record after retailers posted upbeat monthly sales figures and outlooks, boosting optimism about consumer spending.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, sending major indexes up more than 1 percent, as technology shares rebounded, while upbeat outlooks and profit reports from companies including Big Lots Inc.  tempered worries about the economy's health.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, driving the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes up more than 1 percent, as nearly a week of steep declines left investors with the notion that for now stocks are cheap.
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Welcome news about the economy and interest rates touched off a stock market rally that lifted the Dow Jones industrial average to a record.
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U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday, pushing the Dow to an all-time high for the second day in a row and driving the Nasdaq up more than 1 percent, as data showing a weaker-than-expected services sector calmed inflation fears and added to hopes the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged.
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Stocks rose on Monday on a tech-led rally, recovering some of Friday's steep losses, as Intel Corp  raised its outlook and Apple Inc  sold the one-millionth iPhone.