Blue Chips Rise, Altria Higher on Upgrade
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U.S. blue chips rose on Thursday, led  by Altria Group Inc. MO.N and other tobacco stocks, after a  federal appeals court expressed skepticism about whether the  government could force cigarette makers in a lawsuit to pay  billions of dollars.
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Stocks advanced on Monday, helped by  deal news, cheaper oil and positive broker comments on the chip  sector.
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Technology stocks climbed near a  2-month high on Monday, as investors seeing value in a battered  group bought software and semiconductor shares, while higher  crude oil prices limited blue-chip gains.
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U.S. blue chips advanced on Friday  after Ford Motor Co. F.N raised its earnings forecasts, while  wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc. QCOM.O checked  gains on Nasdaq after saying an accounting review may reduce  pretax income.
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Stocks extended gains on Thursday, pushing the Dow industrials up more than 1 percent, with support from a brokerage upgrade of General Motors Corp.  and McDonald's Corp.'s  dividend increase.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks edged higher on Monday helped by about $77 billion in takeover deals, but the S&P 500 faltered as a drop in oil prices hurt energy stocks and the Nasdaq fell as investors grew worried about the sustainability of technology profits.
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The Nasdaq rose and the blue-chip Dow   edged up on Wednesday after a government report showed economic   growth, while slowing, remains fairly strong.
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U.S. blue chips inched up on Monday after Wal-Mart reported strong sales over the weekend, but gains were limited by Microsoft Corp.  as investors digested the latest economic data and corporate earnings.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on Thursday  as better-than-expected economic data and healthy company  earnings lifted the mood on Wall Street, but higher oil prices  limited the gains.
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Blue-chip stocks ended higher yesterday, helped by gains in energy companies, although investors showed caution before next week&#39;s presidential election.
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Blue-chip stocks rose on Friday, lifting the Dow to a record, as General Electric Co  increased a stock buyback plan and a report showed consumer sentiment rose in early July.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, with blue  chips touching a 2-month high, as oil prices fell and investors  were encouraged by positive profit news from a number of  companies.
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NEW YORK  - Upbeat sentiment on Wall Street ahead of the year-end holidays sparked a rally that propelled the main blue-chip index to its best level since June 2001.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks edged higher in  a seesaw session on Monday as some investors took the  opportunity to buy beaten-down shares after last week's  sell-off, but a diminishing appetite for risk limited a broader  advance.
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Blue chips extended gains in late afternoon trade to close sharply higher, with Exel and miners leading the gainers, while investors also took heart from a rebound on Wall Street, dealers said.
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U.S. blue chips rose on Wednesday  after American International Group AIG.N hiked its dividend  and crude oil prices edged lower, but weakness in chip stocks  pressured technology shares.
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An advance in the shares of General Motors Corp. helped U.S. blue-chip stocks swing into positive territory in afternoon trade on Thursday after the automaker posted a stronger-than-expected rise in February sales.