Oil, durable goods leave stocks flat
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Stocks were flat in early trading Friday as investors continued to struggle with high oil prices and digested a mixed report on durable goods.
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U.S. blue chips were flat on Monday  after a report showing an unexpected drop in November  construction spending offset a drop in oil prices, while a  brokerage downgrade of Sun Microsystems SUNW.O hurt Nasdaq.
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U.S. stocks opened flat on Friday,  with higher oil prices and shares of drugmakers weighing on  Wall Street after Thursday's late-session rally.
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U.S. stocks rose modestly on Friday  after data showed durable goods orders for August, excluding  transportation orders, beat analysts' estimates, but oil prices  worried investors.
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U.S. blue chips were unchanged on  Wednesday, as investors were little swayed by a positive  government report on economic growth and worried that higher  oil prices will dampen corporate profits.
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Stocks ended flat on Monday as gains   in tech shares offset a sell-off in shares of energy and metals   companies following a pullback in commodity prices.
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U.S. stocks were little changed at the opening on Monday as a decline in oil prices hit shares of energy stocks like Exxon Mobil Corp. , offsetting optimism over another round of corporate deal activity.
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U.S. stock futures were little changed  on Friday, pointing to a flat market open, after third-quarter  gross domestic product data showed the U.S. economy grew at a  slower-than-expected pace.
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US stocks opened flat on Friday, with higher oil prices and shares of drugmakers weighing on Wall Street after Thursday&#39;s late-session rally.
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U.S. blue chips were nearly unchanged  on Monday as a drop in oil company shares on sharply lower  crude prices offset reports of strong holiday sales from some  retailers.
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U.S. stocks opened flat on Wednesday,  as Wall Street mulls a mixed batch of earnings reports and  government data showing a smaller-than-expected rise in durable  goods orders.
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Stocks were little changed on Wednesday as fear of recession erased gains made earlier by defensive stocks, such as drug companies and makers of consumer staples.
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Stocks were little changed on Thursday  after data gave a mixed picture of the U.S. economy and volume  was light, with traders using any upward moves to take profits  near year's end.
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Stocks finished largely flat on news of weaker-than-expected retail sales and a jump in oil prices.
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U.S. stocks were little changed on Tuesday following Monday's steep losses as a steep drop in durable goods orders offset data that cast a ray of light on the battered housing sector.
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Stocks opened flat on Wednesday as concerns about economic growth resurfaced and oil prices edged higher, overshadowing a push by some investors to scour the market for beaten-down shares after a turbulent sell-off in the past week.
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U.S. stocks opened flat on Wednesday,  with high oil prices and a spate of profit warnings weighing on  the market.