Stocks Open Higher on Merrill Asset Sale
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Wall Street rose moderately in early trading, boosted by news that Merrill Lynch will receive an large investment from two investment groups.
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Wall Street headed toward a sharply higher opening Monday, after solid preliminary results from IBM emboldened investors to buy back into the stock market after last week's rout.
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Shares on Wall Street are expected to  open higher on Tuesday, taking a cue from a strong performance  in European and Asian markets, while bid talk takes the top  slot in a thin day for company events.
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Wall Street rose moderately in early trading, boosted by news that Merrill Lynch will receive an investment of up to $6.2 billion from two investment groups.
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Wall Street stocks rose on Friday after strong results from Research (NASDAQ:RIMM) In Motion provided a boost to the technology sector and on reports that Merrill Lynch may get a multi-billion dollar capital infusion from Singapore.
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NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are seen a touch higher at the open Tuesday as investors snapped up some bargain stocks following Monday's oil-inspired sell-off...
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Wall Street opened higher on Tuesday after Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor, offered to take over $800bn in municipal bonds currently insured by bond insurers Ambac, MBIA (NYSE:MBI) and FGIC.
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Stocks rose on Monday, after Merrill  Lynch  said it was getting a big foreign investment and  with investors eyeing retailers as the busy holiday shopping  season draws to a close.
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Stocks rose at the open on Thursday  after a flurry of retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   Target Corp  and J.C. Penney Co. Inc.   released reassuring monthly sales figures and outlooks.
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Stocks rallied on Monday, led by financial companies, after Merrill Lynch  took steps to shore up its balance sheet with plans to raise up to $6.2 billion and sell a lending unit.
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Stocks rose Wednesday morning, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average within a whisper of its all-time closing high of January 2000.
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Stocks opened higher on Friday as a higher-than-expected profit forecast from IBM and earnings from General Electric Co buoyed investor sentiment, a day after a sharp sell-off.
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Stocks opened higher on Friday, buoyed by strong earnings from bellwethers Microsoft Corp and Caterpillar Inc and by optimism about an economic stimulus deal to avert a recession.
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European equity markets opened higher on Wednesday, lifted by rallying financial stocks and following gains in the US and Asia.
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Stocks opened higher after a reading on jobless claims came in better than economists expected.
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Wall Street stocks were moderately higher in early trade on Thursday with investors digesting better than expected retail sales for August amid concerns over elevated money market rates.
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Stock index futures rose on Monday, lifted by news of a deal to buy a Merrill Lynch  lending unit and as investors eyed retailers as the busy holiday shopping season drew to a close.