Oil, Interest Rates Dim '05 Profit Rise
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High oil prices and rising interest rates could wilt U.S. corporate profit growth in 2005, and tough comparisons against this year's booming earnings will make it harder yet for companies to produce racy figures, analysts said.
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Stocks were little changed on Thursday, as rising oil prices boosted energy stocks, offsetting credit concerns.
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U.S. stocks rose modestly on Tuesday as energy shares advanced on higher oil prices and offset a warning from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about the risk of inflation.
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Crude oil prices hovered nearly five percent below a 21-year high Monday, lifting most Asian shares and giving investors some respite from concerns that energy costs would choke off profits and economic growth.
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U.S. stocks made gains in light volume  on Wednesday, as another drop in oil prices and a lift in  Boeing Co. overshadowed mixed reports on the economy.
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Oil prices fell below $61 on Friday as easing U.S. supply concerns spurred a bout of profit taking.
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Stocks drifted higher yesterday, brushing aside another record high for oil prices amid hopes the impending tide of third-quarter profit reports will override worries about a struggling economic recovery.
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The company said quarterly profit rose to $494 million despite a slowing U.S. economy, but it lowered its full-year earnings outlook.
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U.S. stocks were little changed on  Tuesday as investors worried corporate profits would be hurt by  rising oil prices, driven higher as Hurricane Ivan threatened  to disrupt oil production.
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Chevron Corp  said on Thursday  fourth-quarter earnings should rise sequentially due to higher  oil prices, but lower profits from gasoline production would  restrain results for the second straight quarter.
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Stocks trimmed gains on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials turning negative as energy companies' shares dropped with the price of oil and benchmark Treasury bond yields rose.
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U.S. stocks were flat on Wednesday as  crude prices stayed firmly above $51 per barrel, boosting oil  stocks, but profit warnings hurt the auto parts and  semiconductor sectors.
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ChevronTexaco Corp., the No. 2 U.S.  oil company, on Friday said quarterly profit jumped, driven  largely by a sharp rise in oil and gas prices.
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TORONTO (CP) - Early indicators were mostly negative Monday for North American stock markets as crude oil prices rose and investors braced for another US interest rate increase.
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Profit was up despite a drop in production, but Shell warned that the underlying performance of its refining operations was weaker than it appeared.
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Oil prices fell a dollar on Wednesday on profit-taking despite a lingering deep freeze in the United States that was boosting demand for heating oil.
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A slowdown in economic growth and oil prices hovering around $48 per barrel renewed fears of disappointing third-quarter earnings Thursday and kept stocks mixed.