Blue Chip Stocks Edge Up. Techs Down
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U.S. blue chips were a bit higher on  Wednesday, with Intel Corp. INTC.O rising on  better-than-expected earnings, but a drop in Verizon  Communications VZ.N following a brokerage downgrade kept a  lid on gains.
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U.S. blue chips barely budged on   Wednesday as data showing an upward revision in the economy's   growth was offset by a decline in energy shares.
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Stocks seesawed in afternoon trade Thursday, with blue chips struggling to maintain their gains while techs edged lower following warnings from Google.
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US blue-chip stocks ended higher on Friday, helped by gains in energy companies, although investors showed caution before next week&#39;s presidential election.
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Blue-chip and tech stocks ended  slightly higher on Monday as investors paused after last week's  election rally and braced for U.S. interest-rate hikes that  threaten to raise companies' costs.
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US blue-chip stocks rose slightly on Friday as government data showed better-than-expected demand in August for durable goods other than transportation equipment, but climbing oil prices limited gains.
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U.S. blue chips edged higher on Monday  helped by gains in economically sensitive stocks such as United  Technologies Corp. UTX.N and 3M co. MMM.N as oil prices  fell more than $1 a barrel.
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The blue-chip Dow average gained slightly on Monday, buoyed by strong sales from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , but tech stocks edged lower as a drop in Microsoft Corp.  offset fresh merger and acquisition activity.
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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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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. blue chips rose slightly on  Monday as oil prices slipped and alleviated worry about high  energy costs cutting into corporate profits, but a 5 percent  slide in Symantec Corp. SYMC.O weighed on the Nasdaq.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks inched higher on  Monday as the price of crude rose to near $49 a barrel and  helped energy companies' shares, but technology shares slid,  pulled down by a drop in chipmakers.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose slightly on  Monday as high oil prices boosted energy shares and some  investors bought stocks that have been beaten down so far this  year.
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U.S. blue chips rose slightly on  Tuesday on better-than-expected earnings from tech bellwethers  IBM Corp. IBM.N and Texas Instruments Inc. TXN.N and lower  oil prices but losses by health insurers kept a lid on gains.
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U.S. blue chips ended slightly lower  on Wednesday as investors were spooked by a rise in oil prices  and jitters over terrorism, but technology stocks rose as  computer-related companies rallied.
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Technology shares edged higher on   Monday, but the broader market was largely unchanged, with   gains in tech bellwethers such as Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O   offsetting a sell-off in mining and energy stocks as commodity   prices slid.
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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.