Stocks inch higher after ISM report
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Tuesday after the Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index showed factories expanded in August but at a slower pace than in July.
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Stocks edged up on Thursday after higher-than-expected earnings from companies, including Bear Stearns and Costco, but climbing oil prices could keep gains in check.
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Stock futures edged higher on Thursday after a report by a private employment service showed the private sector added 40,000 jobs in December, not far from analysts' expectations.
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Thursday as surprisingly strong profits from companies such as Archer Daniels Midland Co.  mitigated an unexpected fall in a key gauge of U.S. manufacturing.
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NEW YORK - Stocks edged higher Wednesday despite a lower reading on manufacturing activity and a spike in oil prices. Technology shares were unaffected by brokerage downgrades of two semiconductor companies...
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U.S. stocks finished slightly higher  on Monday as investors bet on good earnings news as the  fourth-quarter reporting season kicks off, although a  late-afternoon wave of computerized trades wiped out part of  the session's gains.
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U.S. stock index futures inched higher   on Wednesday after government data showed U.S. second-quarter   growth was roughly in-line with economists' estimates.
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Stocks edged higher on Wednesday as gains in the energy sector helped offset concern about more fallout from the housing slump after Standard & Poor's slashed its outlook on the debt of the world's biggest bond insurers.
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U.S. stocks traded slightly higher on  Friday, even as oil flirted near the $50-per-barrel mark,  suggesting that investors were snatching up beaten-down shares  and growing confident that oil prices may be leveling off.
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Stocks rose on Thursday, after data suggested a stronger-than-expected jobs market and an upgrade of General Motors Corp.  sent the auto maker's shares higher.
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Stocks rose on Friday after data showed strength in the economy while an inflation measure moderated, putting the stock market on track to end the quarter on a strong note.
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U.S. stock futures edged higher on   Friday following a report showing the core personal consumption   expenditure index rose last month in line with expectations.
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Stocks edged higher at the opening on Friday as data showing the U.S. trade gap narrowed more than expected in May offset concerns about rising interest rates.
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U.S. stocks edged up on Tuesday as  investors expected the Federal Reserve to stay on a course of  "measured" interest-rate increases, while major Wall Street  investment banks rose on higher profits.
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Stocks inched higher in quiet trading Wednesday as a pair of government reports offered conflicting signals about the economy and oil prices declined.
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U.S. stocks moved higher on Friday,  as oil prices edged down and PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O and  chip-related stocks boosted the tech-heavy Nasdaq to its  highest level in more than two months.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, driving the S&P 500 up more than 1 percent as shares of Exxon Mobil Corp.  and other energy companies advanced on rising oil prices, and after the U.S. government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth.