Stocks Edge Higher; Oil at 21/2-Month Low
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NEW YORK, Dec. 3 -- Stocks gained slightly Friday and the major indicators ended higher for the second straight week. Crude oil futures continued their decline, falling below $43 per barrel for the first time in 2 1/2 months.
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NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher in early trading Tuesday as oil prices slipped below $46 per barrel, giving investors enough confidence to buy into an oversold market.    Wall Street has been worried that oil prices, which topped $49 per barrel late last week, would raise corporate costs and decrease consumer spending, a recipe for reduced third- and fourth-quarter earnings...
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Stocks looked to open slightly higher  on Thursday as oil prices held below $50 a barrel, while  beverage company PepsiCo Inc. PEP.N posted a rise in  quarterly profit.
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Shares look set to open higher on Thursday with economic data dominating investors' agenda as the oil price hits a two-month high.
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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 higher on Friday, clawing back from the previous session's steep losses, led by energy shares such as Exxon Mobil  as the price of oil rose.
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Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday, pushed upwards by technical buying, but struggling to break above the narrow range that has persisted this month.
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U.S. stocks moved higher late on  Friday morning in a broad-based advance, as oil prices dipped,  shares of PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O boosted the tech-heavy  Nasdaq and data showed that factory activity stayed at a  healthy pace last month.
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U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday,  clawing back from Monday's losses, as oil prices held below $42  a barrel and a quiet Wall Street awaited December consumer  confidence data for direction.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday,  as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought  beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000  for the first time in 2 weeks.
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U.S. stocks looked to open higher on  Monday, helped by lower oil prices, with a lightly staffed Wall  Street hoping to extend a year-end rally.
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Stocks edged higher on Wednesday as   beaten-down energy shares including Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM.N   rebounded, while concerns about a leak investigation at   Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N hurt the computer maker.
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U.S. stocks were higher on Wednesday  as investors bought beaten-down shares, even as the price of  oil jumped to new 21-year record highs.
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U.S. stocks looked to open slightly  higher on Tuesday, clawing back from Monday's losses, as oil  prices held below $42 a barrel and a quiet Wall Street awaited  December consumer confidence data for direction.
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Global oil prices edge up in early Thursday trading ahead of a key meeting by oil producers group Opec.
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Stocks inched higher Wednesday, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its second-highest close ever.
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U.S. stocks closed slightly higher on  Wednesday, as better-than-expected quarterly results from  investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N helped to  offset a two-week high in crude oil prices.