Stocks End Up; Techs Gain on Light Volume
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U.S. blue-chips closed at six-week  highs on Friday, helped by reassuring consumer confidence data  and a bounce in technology stocks, but volume was extremely  thin before next week's Republican convention in New York City.
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U.S. stocks rose on Friday after robust results from software maker Oracle Corp  brightened the outlook for technology and helped the Dow and S&P 500 post their best weekly performance since March.
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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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Stocks rose on Wednesday, led by technology and biotechnology shares after positive brokerage comments on Apple Inc  and Amgen Inc .
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Stocks rose on Tuesday after a report showed manufacturing activity expanded in August, easing recession worries, while favorable research reports on Apple Inc. boosted the tech sector.
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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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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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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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Stocks ended higher on Tuesday, led by technology shares as Apple's strong profit and a Chinese distribution deal for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion suggested the sector is the place to hide from a slowing U.S. economy.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday  as investors hoping for a year-end rally bought shares.
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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. stocks gained on Tuesday, helped  by a surge in Dow component American Express Co. AXP.N, while  the outlook for tech stocks brightened after the closing bell  as Google Inc. GOOG.O blew away Wall Street expectations.
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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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Stocks climbed on Friday, with gains  on all three major indexes topping 1 percent, as strong results  from Research in Motion lifted the technology sector while a  report of another overseas investment in a U.S. investment bank  boosted financial stocks.
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Stocks were modestly higher on Monday as strength in the technology sector offset lingering worries about the mortgage market and declines in energy stocks.
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U.S. stocks advanced at the start of trading Wednesday as investors appeared to cheer a report showing better-than-expected productivity.
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NEW YORK  -Stocks rallied on Friday as strong results from Research in Motion lifted the technology sector while a report of another overseas investment in a U.S. investment bank boosted financial stocks.