Dow flirts with record
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Stocks rose Wednesday morning, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average within a whisper of its all-time closing high of January 2000.
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NEW YORK - Stocks clung to a modest advance Wednesday despite a new record high for oil and gloomy third-quarter outlooks from several companies as investors awaited the government's jobs creation report at the end of the week.    With rising energy costs threatening to dent consumer spending and corporate profits in the period ahead, oil and jobs have competed for the attention of traders on Wall Street...
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In trading Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 99.26 points, or 0.81 percent, to 12,416.76, another record close.
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Record highs of the past week spill over into a patchy market, taking the S&amp;P 200 lower. Investors continued to take profits after last week&#39;s record highs, pushing the sharemarket slightly lower yesterday.
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The Dow Jones industrial average surged to a new record on Tuesday, broke it on Wednesday and edged even higher on Thursday.
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Wall Street soared today, propelling the Standard & Poorâs 500 index and Dow Jones industrials to record highs.
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With Wall Street coming off a record week that saw the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 index and the Dow Jones industrials barrel to record highs, investors will be waiting to see if earnings and economic reports justify the market's huge advance.
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The Dow Jones industrial average hit a third straight record close Thursday, as investors shrugged off higher oil prices and rising Treasury yields, and resumed the recent advance.
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The Dow Jones industrial average briefly traded above its record high close from January 2000 Thursday morning before backing off.
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U.S. stock futures nudged higher on  Wednesday with the Dow Jones industrial average within 100  points of a record high after marking its second-highest close  ever in the last session.
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It was a short but glorious week for the stock market, with both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poorâs 500-stock index closing on Friday at record highs.
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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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Blue-chip stocks flirted with record highs, buoyed by record corporate profits and moderating energy prices.
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U.S. stocks rose for a third day on   Wednesday, pushing the Dow average near its record close, as   data showing a surprise gain in new home sales bolstered   optimism about the economy and corporate profits.
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Stocks rallied early Wednesday - pushing the Dow industrials to a record trading high - after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation pressures appear to have eased.
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Wall Street soared yesterday, propelling the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 index and Dow Jones industrials to record highs as bright spots among generally sluggish retail sales allowed investors to toss aside concerns about the health of the economy.
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The Dow nearly reached its pre-9/11 highs last week, but many on Wall Street remain cautiously optimistic about further gains.