US stocks end higher as crude oil prices continue decline
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Wall Street stocks traded higher Wednesday as crude oil prices, reaching above 49 dollars per barrel last week, plunged for a fourth straight session.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday  as investors snapped up semiconductor shares at bargain prices  and bought some blue chips after crude oil retreated from  record high prices.
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U.S. stocks were higher on Thursday,  helped by technology shares like Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O and  Intel Corp. INTC.O, which received a brokerage upgrade, and  crude oil prices dropping below $48 a barrel.
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Leading shares closed higher, tracking Wall Street's ascent as concerns over oil supplies waned on reports that the stand-off in Najaf, Iraq may nearing a resolution, dealers said.
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U.S. stocks reversed course and rose  on Tuesday as crude oil prices retreated from a 7-week high,  easing worries about high energy costs eating into corporate  profits.
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Leading shares have closed comfortably higher, fuelled by energy stocks as crude prices tested 60 usd a barrel, but with index gains capped by mixed trading on Wall Street as the oil price dampened a flurry of M&amp;A activity.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday,  with the dollar strengthening and shares of drugmaker Merck &  Co. MRK.N helping to lift the blue-chip Dow after the company  issued a forecast that was not as weak as some investors had  expected.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday, as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000 for the first time in 2 weeks.
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U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday as oil prices climbed above &#36;48 a barrel, prompting investor worry about the effect of high fuel costs on corporate profits and consumer demand.
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US stocks drifted higher today, 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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NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are seen somewhat higher at the open Friday with a pullback in oil prices...
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US stocks extended their year-end gains on Wednesday, helped by a drop in oil prices and a report that US economic growth in the third quarter was stronger than initially estimated.
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U.S. stocks finished higher on Friday,  as investor worry about high fuel costs crimping consumer  spending and hurting company profits eased after crude oil  prices fell from their peak.
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Wall Street stocks ended higher Wednesday, boosted by a late-day rally despite the record crude oil price of more than 52 US dollars per barrel.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday,  even as oil prices hit another record, as investors  were  encouraged by data showing an easing of inflationary pressure  and a sharp rebound in the housing market.
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US stocks rose, sending the Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s 500-stock index to its highest point since July 2, as the biggest decline in oil prices in three months allayed concern that fuel costs will slow earnings and economic growth.
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Major European stock markets ended higher Tuesday as oil prices slid below 50 US dollars a barrel, boosting airline stocks, and as UBS bank&#39;s key wealth management operation turned in a robust performance.