Rally in Technology Leads Shares Higher
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Shares finished higher Thursday as investors set aside concerns about downbeat economic reports and focused on Oracleâs strong profits statement.
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Stock index futures rose sharply on Monday, signaling Wall Street will rebound from last week's losses, after IBM  reported higher-than-expected preliminary financial results, lifting the technology sector.
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Stocks rose at the market open on Tuesday, led by early gains in the biotechnology and computer equipment sectors.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, rebounding from Tuesday's sharp drop as investors snapped up beaten-down stocks, while Apple Inc.  led technology shares higher on buzz surrounding the expected launch of new iPod products.
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U.S. stocks rose on Friday after  robust results from software maker Oracle Corp   brightened the outlook for technology, helping the Dow and S&P  turn in their best weekly performance since March.
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Stocks extended their rally on Friday,  led by technology shares after computer maker Dell Inc.  DELL.O shot up 8 percent on a higher quarterly profit and an  optimistic forecast.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, sending major indexes up more than 1 percent, as technology shares rebounded, while upbeat outlooks and profit reports from companies including Big Lots Inc.  tempered worries about the economy's health.
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Technology stocks jumped on Wednesday after a strong profit and outlook from Cisco Systems Inc.  boosted optimism about corporate profits.
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NEW YORK - Newly optimistic investors sent stocks sharply higher Friday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials 112 points higher, as new economic data showed strength in manufacturing and the departure of PeopleSoft Inc.'s chief executive raised hopes for a merger in the tech sector. The major indexes closed the week with respectable gains...
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US stocks rose, led by technology shares after Dell Inc.&#39;s chief executive officer said demand at the world&#39;s No. 1 personal-computer maker is ``healthy.
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U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, helped  by technology shares Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, which touched a  2 1/2 year high, and Intel Corp. INTC.O as well as a  resumption of falling oil prices.
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Leading shares closed higher as gains among Wall Street technology issues added to sentiment already buoyed by Johnson Matthey's reassuring trading update.
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A rally in semiconductor-related stocks, including Advantest Corp., propelled Asian shares higher on Monday as investors added to a U.S. buying spree and turned optimistic on earnings prospects.
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Stocks rose on Thursday after reassuring results from Oracle Corp  and a higher earnings outlook from Qualcomm Inc  helped to lift the technology sector.
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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. technology stocks rose on Thursday, spurring a sharp recovery in major indexes, as investors bet that business spending will boost tech profits despite turmoil from the housing sector.
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Stocks rose on Thursday as investors bet on a year-end rally, while talk of a possible merger by telecommunications companies Sprint and Nextel and upbeat earnings from chip maker National Semiconductor Corp.