Stocks Edge Up on Tech-Sector Optimism
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NEW YORK - Optimism that the embattled technology sector was due for a recovery sent stocks modestly higher Monday despite a new revenue warning from semiconductor company Broadcom Inc.    While Broadcom, which makes chips for television set-top boxes and other electronics, said high inventories resulted in delayed shipments, investors were encouraged as it said future quarters looked brighter...
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Stocks rose on Thursday, with technology shares gaining after reassuring results from Oracle Corp  and a higher earnings outlook from Qualcomm Inc .
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NEW YORK - Stocks edged higher in early trading Friday as a slight dip in oil prices and a satisfactory report on durable goods orders cheered investors at the end of a losing week.    In the first hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 10.93, or 0.1 percent, to 10,049.83...
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U.S. stock futures gained ground  Monday morning, pointing to a higher market open, with  technology stocks looking stronger after Nokia's NOK1V.HE  chief executive voiced confidence in the mobile phone market.
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U.S. stocks look set to open higher on Wednesday as technology shares could be boosted by Dell's  better-than-expected third-quarter results, while investors awaited key U.S. macro economic data.
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Technology stocks rose on Monday as  semiconductor companies returned to favor, led by Intel  Corp.INTC.O and Broadcom Corp. BRCM.O, helping to lift  major indexes.
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Stocks extended their rally on Friday, led by technology shares after computer maker Dell Inc. (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) shot up 8 percent on a higher quarterly profit and an optimistic forecast.
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Stocks edged higher on Thursday as data showing a drop in weekly jobless claims eased worries on the economy and investors bought beaten-down technology shares.
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Stocks edged higher on Tuesday as a dip in Treasury bond yields tempered investors' interest-rate worries and boosted financial stocks.
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Stocks rose on Monday on a tech-led rally, recovering some of Friday's steep losses, as Intel Corp  raised its outlook and Apple Inc  sold the one-millionth iPhone.
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Wall Street was poised for a higher open on Friday, lifted by positive news from the technology sector, including higher-than-expected results from software maker Oracle Corp  and a stock buyback from Texas Instruments Inc .
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U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on  Monday as optimism about fourth-quarter earnings  provided a  lift, but a late-day wave of program, or computerized, trading  wiped out earlier gains.
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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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U.S. technology stocks moved higher on  Friday, boosted by Computer maker Dell Inc. DELL.O, but the  broader markets were flat as Wall Street took a breather after  Thursday's rally.
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U.S. technology stocks rose on Wednesday as Cisco Systems'profit and outlook reinforced optimism over earnings, while blue chips ended little changed as an oil price drop weighed on energy shares.
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The blue-chip Dow average ended slightly higher on Monday and the tech-driven Nasdaq also gained as declining crude-oil prices made equities aside from energy names attractive.
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U.S. stocks rebounded on Wednesday, led by technology companies as investors snapped up beaten down shares, while the energy sector benefited from a surge in oil prices.