Shares on the march as oil price cloud lifts
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A peace deal between rebel gangs in Nigeria helped drag the price of a barrel of oil back below $50 in New York yesterday, giving a boost to the equity markets and pushing
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NEW YORK - Stocks pushed higher Wednesday as investors digested a jump in the second-quarter gross domestic product, while keeping a close eye on falling oil prices. The tech dominated Nasdaq composite index posted especially robust gains...
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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 edged higher on Tuesday as  rising oil and other commodity prices drove up shares of major  energy and metal producers.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, driving the S&P 500 up more than 1 percent as shares of Exxon Mobil Corp.  and other energy companies advanced on rising oil prices, and after the U.S. government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth.
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NEW YORK - A sharp drop in oil prices gave Wall Street a modest relief rally Monday, with stocks edging higher on news that oil production had soared during the month of September.    Investors who have sold stocks for months as oil prices climbed reversed course Monday and started buying as the price of crude declined...
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Oil prices rise higher after a report shows a bigger drop than expected in US oil stocks, a day before a crucial Opec meeting.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday after a report showing manufacturing was still expanding lifted shares of many large industrial companies, including General Electric Co. , and a big drop in oil prices added to buying momentum.
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U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday on an optimistic outlook for technology shares and gains in oil prices that lifted energy shares.
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London equities were higher in afternoon trade on Thursday, with momentum coming from the the heavily-weighted oil sector as the prospect of $100 crude prices moved closer.
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Stocks rose on Thursday as a gain of more than $1 a barrel in oil prices boosted shares of energy companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp. , offsetting disappointment over profit reports from Bear Stearns  and Goldman Sachs .
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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. blue-chip stocks edged higher on Wednesday as a jump in crude oil prices pushed up energy shares, including Exxon Mobil Corp. , but investors were still on edge after last week's sharp sell-off.
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NEW YORK - Stocks edged higher Wednesday despite a lower reading on manufacturing activity and a spike in oil prices. Technology shares were unaffected by brokerage downgrades of two semiconductor companies...
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Stocks rose on Tuesday as a rise in oil prices spurred gains in shares of energy companies and news of an executive reshuffle at Starbucks Corp  buoyed hopes of a turnaround at the top coffee chain.
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Oil prices climbed back to $50 on  Tuesday, pushed higher by supply outages in the North Sea and  fears about low stocks of winter heating fuels.
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Oil prices resumed this week's upward march on Friday, driven by worries that a new U.S. cold spell might erode already low winter fuel inventories.