Stocks Rally as Concern Over Bond Insurer Eases
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Wall Street was sharply higher as investors shrugged off concerns about problems in the bond insurance industry.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24 -- Stocks rallied Friday on good economic reports, easing investor nerves despite worries over the fragile credit market.
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Stocks rallied Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut a key short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point, reassuring investors that it was taking aggressive action amid the credit and mortgage market meltdown.
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Stocks rose on Thursday as optimism about tech spending and positive broker comments on companies such as Advanced Micro Devices Inc.  fueled a technology sector advance, offsetting worries about interest rates.
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TORONTO (CP) - A rally in the insurance sector helped take stock markets up sharply - and drove New York&#39;s blue chip index to a triple-digit runup - despite higher oil prices and a further slowdown in US consumer confidence.
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US stocks rallied strongly on Tuesday after Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor, offered to take over $800bn in municipal bonds covered by troubled bond insurers
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Stocks closed higher on Friday after a three-day slide as bond yields retreated and oil prices fell, easing worries about rising borrowing costs and inflation.
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U.S. stocks surged on Tuesday, as  battered insurers rose on confidence a probe of the industry  would end quickly, helping the Dow break its 5-day streak of  losses to score its strongest one-day rally since early June.
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US stocks enjoyed a modest rebound on Monday, led by energy and technology companies, helping offset worries about the threat of new turmoil in credit markets.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday after forecast-topping earnings from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc  calmed investors' fears about the recent credit turmoil as investors anticipated an interest rate cut.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Insurance stocks rallied Tuesday as the threat of criminal charges being brought against companies in Eliot Spitzer&#39;s probe of the industry abated.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 index to a six-year high and the Nasdaq Composite index up more than 1 percent, as corporate takeover deals and lower crude oil prices boosted investor optimism about the economy and corporate profits.
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Stocks jumped on Tuesday after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc earnings allayed worries about the depth of credit market turmoil and as investors anticipated a cut in interest rates.
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Stocks ended higher on Monday,  lifted  by a flurry of deals, such as Citigroup Inc.'s C.N plans to  sell its Travelers insurance unit, and relief that elections in  Iraq proceeded with less bloodshed than expected.
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Stocks snapped a five-day losing streak on Wednesday, with the Dow surging nearly 300 points on optimism that a government plan to rescue ailing bond insurers is taking shape and could prevent billions more in credit losses.
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Stocks rose on Friday as bond yields retreated from their highs and oil prices fell, easing concerns about rising borrowing costs and inflation.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday after forecast-topping earnings from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc  soothed investors' worst fears about fallout from credit turmoil ahead of an expected U.S. interest rate cut.