Indexes end higher on Alcoa deal talk, oil's rise
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Stocks rallied on Tuesday, led by gains in blue-chip stocks as talk that aluminum maker Alcoa Inc.  may be a takeover target bolstered optimism about deals and energy shares gained with a rebound in oil prices.
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Stocks indexes rose on Thursday as higher oil prices lifted energy stocks while a crop of positive headlines boosted pharmaceutical stocks.
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U.S. blue chips were higher today, led by shares of major oil producers benefiting from higher crude oil prices, which broke through the $50 a barrel mark.
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British blue chips closed comfortably higher, with energy and mining stocks ahead and as Wall Street extended gains, offsetting concerns about soaring oil prices, dealers said.
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Gasoline prices extended their climb yesterday, rising a cent overnight while oil and gas futures rose on concerns about gasoline production.
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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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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday,  as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought  beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000  for the first time in 3 weeks.
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices settled at the highest level in more than two months yesterday, as concerns over declining product supplies outweighed traders' worries about volatile global stock markets.
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Oil prices climbed higher in Asian trade today as fresh concerns over the possibility of energy shortages in the northern hemisphere winter sparked another wave of panic among investors, dealers said.
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UK blue chips closed higher Thursday, reversing earlier losses, with higher commodity prices aiding the oil and mining sectors and investors encouraged by steady gains on Wall Street.
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Leading shares have closed comfortably higher, fuelled by energy stocks as crude prices tested 60 usd a barrel, but with index gains capped by mixed trading on Wall Street as the oil price dampened a flurry of M&amp;A activity.
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U.S. stocks finished higher on Friday,  as investor worry about high fuel costs crimping consumer  spending and hurting company profits eased after crude oil  prices fell from their peak.
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Stocks edged up on Thursday after higher-than-expected earnings from companies, including Bear Stearns and Costco, but climbing oil prices could keep gains in check.
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Stock futures rose on Monday, boosted  by a flurry of deal news including a report that BHP Billiton  has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum  producer Alcoa Inc. .
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday  for the second straight session, lifted by better-than-expected  earnings from companies such as Texas Instruments Inc. TXN.N  and a retreat in crude oil prices.
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Stocks ended barely higher  on Tuesday  as oil prices rose and investors tried to anticipate the  economic fallout from Hurricane Ivan as it moved through the  Gulf of Mexico toward a possible landfall in the United States.
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Stocks edged higher on Wednesday as   beaten-down energy shares including Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM.N   rebounded, while concerns about a leak investigation at   Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N hurt the computer maker.