Late surge after quiet day sees Dow at highest level for months
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AFTER an slow start as Wall Street took a breather after Thursdayâs rally, a late surge saw the Dow finish almost 70 points ahead, topping the significant 10,500 mark.
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U.S. stock futures nudged higher on  Wednesday with the Dow Jones industrial average within 100  points of a record high after marking its second-highest close  ever in the last session.
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U.S. stocks rose for a fourth day on  Thursday, with the Dow briefly surpassing its record closing  high set in January 2000, driven by optimism about falling oil  prices.
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The Dow closed at a record on Tuesday, striking above the 14,000 mark for the first time, and the Nasdaq rose to a six-and-a-half-year high on a cascade of stronger-than-expected earnings.
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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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A decline in the price of oil helped  lift U.S. stocks to their highest level in two-months on  Tuesday.
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The Dow Jones industrial average  (.DJI) finished at a record high on Tuesday, as a rise in oil  prices boosted shares of Exxon Mobil Corp.  and  investors thought a jump in an inflation gauge would not  necessarily lead to increasing interest rates.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday, driving the Dow to a record intraday high after the Federal Reserve held rates steady and flagged no new concerns about inflation, signaling that a rate hike this year was less likely.
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The Dow Jones index moves closer to  hitting a record high as worries about US inflation ease.
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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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After a shaky start Wednesday morning, stocks turned higher, with the Dow Jones industrial average hitting a new record trading high, after closing at its best level ever on Tuesday.
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The New York Stock Exchange's benchmark Dow Jones share index trades above its record closing high.
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NEW YORK - Stocks enjoyed a late-day rally Wednesday, finishing higher despite a new record price for oil and gloomy third-quarter outlooks from several companies. Volume was relatively light as investors awaited the government's jobs creation report at the end of the week...
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Wall Street stocks ended higher Wednesday, boosted by a late-day rally despite the record crude oil price of more than 52 US dollars per barrel.
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There is nothing unusual about year-end stock-market rallies. But there is something strange about this latest surge.
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U.S. stocks moved higher on Friday,  as oil prices edged down and PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O and  chip-related stocks boosted the tech-heavy Nasdaq to its  highest level in more than two months.
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U.S. stocks rose for a fourth day on   Thursday, with the Dow briefly surpassing its record closing   high set in January 2000, driven by optimism about falling oil   prices.