Stocks Near Flat as Investors Look to Oil
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U.S. stocks were still little changed  on Friday as investors looked for oil prices, flirting near the  $50-per-barrel mark, to lose some momentum.
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Stock futures pointed to a flat market  open on Friday, with higher oil prices and weakness in drug  maker stocks offsetting better-than-expected earnings from  entertainment company Walt Disney Co. DIS.N.
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Oil prices were little changed on Monday as investors focused on Asian stock market gains, setting aside for now worries of a potential U.S. economic recession that had knocked prices 3 percent lower late last week.
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Stock futures trimmed early losses and  pointed to a flat open on Wednesday as oil prices remain near  record highs while Wall Street pulls back a bit from Tuesday's  broad rally.
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U.S. stock futures were nearly  unchanged on Friday as investors awaited key data on the  economy that could determine the market's early direction.
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U.S. stocks were flat on Monday as oil  prices neared $50 a barrel after a blizzard moved through the  U.S. Northeast.
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Stocks were set to open flat on  Friday, with investors expecting the market to stem recent  losses, while high oil prices fueled concerns of slowing  corporate profits and consumer spending.
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U.S. stocks fluttered around the  unchanged mark on Monday, as a drop in crude oil prices pulled  down energy shares, including Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM.N and the  equity market paused after racking up significant gains so far  this month.
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Stocks were little changed on Wednesday as rising crude oil prices lifted energy shares, including Exxon Mobil Corp. , but lingering economic worries kept investors cautious.
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U.S. stocks were set to open near  unchanged on Thursday after a warning from technology  bellwether Nortel Networks Corp. NT.N dimmed hopes, while  stubbornly high oil prices also weighed on sentiment.
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Wall Street was headed for a flat start  on Friday as the slowing earnings season and tamer crude oil  prices allow investors to turn their attention to economic  growth figures for the third quarter.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to little  change when Wall Street opens on Thursday, as investors look to  jobless claims and other data for guidance while drawing  comfort from a fresh fall in crude oil prices.
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U.S. stocks looked to open flat on  Wednesday, a day after a sharp sell-off, as oil prices slipped  lower while a major sale was announced by IBM IBM.N.
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U.S. stocks looked to open little  changed on Wednesday, a day after staging a late rally on heavy  machinery maker Caterpillar Inc.'s CAT.N raised sales  forecast, but high oil prices will remain on investors' minds  ahead of U.S. crude inventories data.
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Stocks were flat on the first session of 2008 on Wednesday as a number of downgrades in the chip sector were offset by gains in energy shares after oil rose more than $2 a barrel.
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New York - Investors are expected to focus on oil prices and earnings outlooks this week, and the slightest warning about revenues could weigh on stocks.
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U.S. stocks were likely to open flat  on Wednesday, with high oil prices and profit warnings weighing  on the market before earnings reports start and key jobs data  is released this week.