CME shares at new peak as earnings estimates rise
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Shares in Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (CME.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , parent of the largest US futures exchange, reached the latest in a string of record highs on Thursday as earnings estimates continue to rise.
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Stocks began the new quarter with a rally on Monday, boosted by a new wave of takeover activity and data showing a pickup in manufacturing activity in June.
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Stocks ended higher on Thursday, with the Dow finishing above 14,000 for the first time and hitting a record close, on profits that beat expectations in the technology and industrial sectors.
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Stocks rallied on Wednesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average to a record intraday high, after a strong profit and outlook from Cisco Systems Inc.  increased optimism about earnings.
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Stocks enjoyed a late-day rally yesterday, finishing higher despite a new record price for oil and gloomy third-quarter outlooks from several companies.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday  as better-than-expected earnings from Lehman Brothers Holdings  Inc. LEH.N provided a lift, even as crude oil prices rose to  a 2-week high and sparked worry about high energy costs.
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Morgan Stanley  on Wednesday said its second-quarter earnings rose 41 percent to a new record, beating expectations on higher trading and investment banking results.
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Equities set new records as takeovers, earnings, and friendly economic data cheered on the market.
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Stocks surged Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing at an all-time high and the S&P 500 finishing at its 2006 peak, as investors cheered strong earnings news from the banking sector, a drop in jobless claims and a rebound in the tech sector.
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The stock market surged last week, propelled by powerful corporate earnings and by upbeat economic reports.
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Impressive earnings drive the medical device maker to a 52-week high.
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U.S. stocks ended higher for the  second session in a row on Wednesday, 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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Stock markets hit new historic highs on Friday, driven by a flurry of encouraging economic data that showed signs of a solid economic rebound in the second half of the year.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks ended higher on Thursday as optimism about strong profits from companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp., pushed the Dow to a new record close.
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CME Group Inc.  said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose as the company focused on completing a merger between the two largest U.S. futures exchanges.
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Stock index futures signaled a higher market open on Thursday as companies reported earnings that beat forecasts, shifting investors' focus back to corporate profits and away from subprime credit worries.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday, boosted by  optimism about the week's earnings announcements, but record  crude oil prices limited advances.