Stocks mixed as Fed raises rates; Cisco pressures tech shares
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Lower-than-expected sales at Cisco Systems Inc. sent tech stocks tumbling Wednesday while the overall market was little changed after the Federal Reserve announced a widely expected interest rate hike.
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U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday,  helped by better-than-expected earnings from Google Inc.  GOOG.O and Boeing Co. BA.N, but some investors were  cautious ahead of remarks from the Federal Reserve that would  signal the pace of future interest rate hikes.
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Stocks were mixed Friday as the government&#39;s gross domestic product report renewed concerns that high energy prices and a lack of jobs might hold back economic growth, and investors showed reluctance to make big commitments ahead of next week&#39;s
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NEW YORK - The blue-chip Dow average ended slightly lower, while the tech-driven Nasdaq inched higher on Tuesday as investors waited for hints from the Federal Reserve about the pace of interest-rate increases on Wednesday.
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U.S. tech stocks opened lower on  Wednesday, as results from technology bellwether Cisco Systems  Inc. CSCO.O disappointed Wall Street, while investors await  an expected hike in interest rates from the Fed later in the  day.
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NEW YORK  -U.S. stocks ended mixed on Monday, with  a decline in Microsoft Corp. weighing on technology shares,  while bonds rose slightly and the dollar mostly firmed against  major currencies.
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US stocks were mixed in volatile trading late Wednesday morning as investors awaited the opening of a Federal Reserve interest-rate meeting, traders said.
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US stocks ended mixed today as only the tech-heavy Nasdaq managed to make gains in the face of higher crude oil prices and a rash of broker downgrades targeting some high-profile Dow shares.
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Stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Dow industrials up, boosted by Honeywell International  after the diversified manufacturer forecast 2008 profit growth above Wall Street estimates.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday after Europe's central bank lifted interest rates and U.S. data showed higher-than-expected labor costs, fueling concern that inflation and rising rates will hurt corporate profits.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as investors  worried that higher interest rates would cut into corporate  profits, while a disappointing outlook from Texas Instruments  Inc.  dented optimism about tech spending.
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NEW YORK - Strong earnings from financial services companies and upbeat economic data pushed stocks higher Tuesday, but many investors clung to the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates, expected later in the session.    In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 7.52, or 0.1 percent, at 10,212.41...
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Stocks fluctuated Thursday as investors grappled with weaker-than-expected economic data and weighed the chances of the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates.
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US stocks were mixed but trending slightly higher at midmorning on Wednesday, as a renewed rise in bond yields stalled a positive start for the major benchmarks.
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Stocks staggered to a mixed finish Wednesday as lower-than-expected manufacturing activity and rising oil prices chilled an early spate of bargain hunting, but technology shares posted a modest advance.
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TORONTO (CP) - Early indicators were mixed for North American stock markets Monday as investors weighed the impact of an expected US interest rate hike and a $10.3-billion-US merger in the technology sector.
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NEW YORK Uncertainty over high oil prices and pharmaceutical companies kept stocks mixed Monday as investors migrated to less risky holdings, pushing blue chips and other large-caps higher while the Nasdaq fell.