Stocks End Week on High Note
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Despite rising oil prices, U.S. stocks this week had their biggest rally since October, as investors reacted to some positive economic indicators, the easing of tensions in Iraq and Google Inc.'s unexpectedly strong performance after going public.
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Tokyo stocks finished sharply higher Monday, fueled by Wall Street&#39;s gains last week. The US dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.
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Money flooded back into stocks this week as investors embraced a swift end to the presidential election, strong corporate earnings and good economic news.
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Last week world stockmarkets delivered another solid performance with the majority of major markets consolidating recent gains.
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Stocks finished mixed in post-holiday trading Friday as Wall Street meandered through a shortened session. The major indexes ended the week higher as investors looked forward to the results of the first weekend of holiday shopping and a key jobs report next week.
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The major U.S. indices ended the week up, chipping away at last week's losses.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday  as Internet and semiconductor stocks led advances in technology  shares and crude oil retreated from record high prices.
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The stock market rose for the week as upbeat economic news offset concerns about inflation and interest rates.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday  as better-than-expected earnings from Lehman Brothers Holdings  Inc. LEH.N provided a lift, even as crude oil prices rose to  a 2-week high and sparked worry about high energy costs.
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Stocks ended higher on Monday, helped by strong results from IBM  that eased worries about the economy and sparked a rebound after last week's losses.
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Positive stock action has been seen throughout the Net sector this week, as eBay struck all-time highs and Google recovered 11 percent of its value.
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Stocks rallied following last week's solemn anniversary.
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US 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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NEW YORK, May 25 -- U.S. stocks rose Friday on more corporate dealmaking, capping a volatile week of trading in which the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index flirted with an all-time high but always fell short at the close.
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U.S. stocks climbed on Thursday after a government report showed an unexpected fall in weekly unemployment claims last week, reflecting strength in the job market, and crude oil prices fell.
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NEW YORK - Newly optimistic investors sent stocks sharply higher Friday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials 110 points higher, as new economic data showed strength in manufacturing and the departure of PeopleSoft Inc.'s chief executive created excitement over a possible merger in the tech sector. The markets were poised to end the week appreciably higher...
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Markets closed Monday but big economic news dominates the end of the week.