TSX up about 10% in &#39;04 as resource stocks rebound; &#39;05 gains may ...
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TORONTO (CP) - North American stock markets advanced in 2004, but it was the Toronto market that outshone New York blue chips as global demand for commodities, particularly by China, sent shares up sharply.
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The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index  overcame early losses to end higher on Monday, boosted by  resource shares and expectations of another U.S. interest rate  cut later in the week.
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TORONTO (CP) - With oil prices easing, North American stock markets were poised for more gains early Monday. Wall Street futures suggested a modestly positive start to regular trading while European indexes rose in early action.
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Stocks advanced on Tuesday, buoyed by an optimistic outlook for technology shares and gains in oil prices that lifted energy shares.
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TORONTO (CP) - Resource stocks kept the Toronto stock market on positive ground Wednesday, but record-high oil prices and profit warnings from the tech sector put pressure on New York markets.
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Stocks gained on Friday as shares of energy companies got a boost from rising oil prices.
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Japanese shares rebounded from three-month lows on Tuesday but stubbornly high oil prices and concern over their impact on corporate earnings capped gains.
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THE stock market opened higher today as industrials stocks mitigated the effects of a weaker resources sector. &quot;Commodity prices are generally weaker on renewed speculation of weaker demand in China,&quot; Wilson HTM senior client adviser Angus Bligh said.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday in thin trading   as a gain in Chevron Corp. CVX.N on news it tapped an oil   reserve deep in the Gulf of Mexico outweighed a drop in Viacom   Inc. VIAB.N after the media company's chief executive quit.
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Major indexes rose with light volume. After Tuesday's sell-off investors are looking for value.
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By The Associated Press. Investors resumed their December rally yesterday, looking past higher oil prices and focusing instead on building up their portfolios before the end of the year.
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Stocks were set to open higher Tuesday, with the blue-chip Dow industrials aiming to push back above 10,000 mark. Oil prices remain in focus, with crude reaching above $50 a barrle in premarket trading.
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US stocks surged on Wednesday with the Dow back above 10,000 after oil prices fell almost 5 percent, alleviating worry that high energy costs will eat into corporate profits and consumers&#39; wallets.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday, with  investors betting on good earnings news as the fourth-quarter  reporting season kicks off, while a hike in crude to around $47  a barrel boosted oil company shares.
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Japanese shares rebounded from  three-month lows on Tuesday but stubbornly high oil prices and  concern over their impact on corporate earnings capped gains.
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Stocks rose for a fourth straight   session on Wednesday as beaten-down energy shares such as Exxon   Mobil Corp. XOM.N rebounded and investors bet the Federal   Reserve may not have to raise interest rates any time soon.
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U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday as  rising oil and other commodity prices drove up shares of major  energy and metal producers.