Stocks end up slightly, tech offsets oil's fall
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Stocks ended marginally higher on   Monday as gains in technology shares such as Microsoft Corp.   offset a sell-off in shares of energy and metals companies   following a drop in commodity prices.
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LONDON : Oil prices rose slightly a day after renewed concerns over heating oil stocks in the United States brought a halt, even if temporary, to a sharp slide in prices in recent weeks.
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Stocks edged up slightly on Friday, capping a week in which a downturn in oil prices helped investors mount a modest rally despite the looming uncertainty of the presidential election
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Wall Street rebounded moderately as oil prices dropped further and investors shrugged off a warning about declining housing demand.
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A sharp drop in oil prices gave Wall Street a modest relief rally yesterday, with stocks edging higher on news that oil production had soared during the month of September.
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Technology shares edged higher on   Monday, but the broader market was largely unchanged, with   gains in tech bellwethers such as Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O   offsetting a sell-off in mining and energy stocks as commodity   prices slid.
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U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on  Friday, helped by strength in technology after bellwether Intel  Corp. INTC.O lifted its sales forecast, although a weak jobs  report put a damper on Wall Street.
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U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on  Thursday as crude oil prices slipped below $51 a barrel,  helping offset a slide in metals and mining stocks prompted by  China's first rate increase in nine years.
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Stocks briefly turned positive in late morning trading on Thursday as higher oil prices boosted shares of energy companies, offsetting some of the concerns about weakness in the credit market.
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US technology stocks ended up slightly on Friday, lifted by a higher sales forecast from bellwether Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , while a disappointing jobs report capped blue-chip gains.
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U.S. stocks rose slightly after the open on Wednesday on news computer maker Dell Inc.  reported better-than-expected preliminary earnings, boosting technology shares.
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U.S. stocks rose slightly on Monday,  as optimism that corporate earnings reports this week may come  in better than expected lent support, but record crude oil  prices reined in the advances.
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U.S. stocks ended little changed on  Wednesday, but energy shares, including ChevronTexaco Corp.  CVX.N, lent support after crude oil prices jumped above $48 a  barrel.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks inched higher on  Monday as the price of crude rose to near $49 a barrel and  helped energy companies' shares, but technology shares slid,  pulled down by a drop in chipmakers.
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NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher Friday as oil prices dipped and a pair of upgrades in the semiconductor sector boosted technology shares.    Investors are closely watching oil prices, which topped $50 per barrel this week, hoping that consumer spending and sentiment, along with third-quarter earnings, would not be adversely affected by rising energy costs...
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U.S. stocks were up slightly Friday  morning in thin holiday trading as end-of-year buying provided  some support as did General Electric Co. GE.N, which said it  backed 2004 and fourth-quarter earnings forecasts.
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Stocks rose modestly yesterday as investors looked past a mix of economic data and falling profit forecasts from Google and Applied Materials.