Stocks & Bonds: Fed Decision Lifts Shares; Dow Up 72
605100
Wall Street held on to its gains after the Federal Reserve kept short-term interest rates steady.
68399
U.S. stocks rose on Friday after a   report showed consumer prices rose in line with market   expectations in August, soothing concerns about higher   inflation and interest rates.
3646
U.S. stocks rose on Friday after a inflation gauge watched by the Federal Reserve showed its lowest reading since March 2004, putting the Dow industrials on track to end the quarter on a strong note.
131147
Stocks advanced on Wednesday as a pullback in benchmark bond yields fueled a rebound in interest-rate-sensitive shares including banks, utilities and home builders.
712453
Stocks shot higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve answered two of Wall Street's major concerns, indicating that the economy remains healthy and that inflation pressures are easing. The Dow Jones industrials climbed nearly 100 points to set another trading high, while the Russell 2000 index had its first close above 800.
586272
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as a pullback in benchmark bond yields triggered a rebound in interest-rate-sensitive shares including banks, utilities and home builders.
431463
Stocks advanced on Monday, briefly sending the Dow industrial average up 1 percent, as investors anticipated the Federal Reserve would cut rates further this week to ease fears of a recession.
598281
U.S. stocks rose on Friday, and the Dow hit a fresh lifetime high, after a report showing weaker-than-expected January job growth suggested that the Federal Reserve may have room to keep interest rates steady.
418386
Stocks rose slightly on Thursday as  inflation data suggesting the Federal Reserve will not stray  from its course of measured interest rate hikes encouraged  investors.
298358
U.S. stocks mostly edged higher on Tuesday after growing optimism the Federal Reserve will soon make another cut in interest rates offset warnings from two leading retailers and weak economic data.
164325
U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as  inflation data suggesting the Federal Reserve will not hurry to  raise interest rates encouraged investors and oil prices  slipped as some refineries restarted after Hurricane Ivan.
334517
The stock market rose for the week as upbeat economic news offset concerns about inflation and interest rates.
37913
Stocks opened higher on Monday, boosted by expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this week.
671879
Stocks opened a little higher on  Thursday as investors were reassured by inflation data  suggesting the Fed need not hurry to push interest rates  higher.
718883
U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as  investors bet the Federal Reserve will stick to its course of  "measured" interest-rate increases later in the day, while two  top Wall Street investment banks reported higher quarterly  profits.
370065
The Dow and the S&P 500 rose on Tuesday on expectations the Federal Reserve will again cut interest rates to shore up the economy, but worries about technology profits and outlooks limited a broader advance, causing the Nasdaq to dip in the red.
348786
U.S. stocks extended their gains  slightly before stabilizing on Tuesday, after the Federal  Reserve hiked interest rates by an expected quarter-point,  while technology stocks were sparked by a report that Veritas  Software Corp. VRTS.O would be taken over.