Blue Chips Rise But Oil Weighs
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on Thursday  as better-than-expected economic data and healthy company  earnings lifted the mood on Wall Street, but higher oil prices  limited the gains.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks edged higher on Thursday as investors pored over mixed November same-store sales from retailers including solid numbers from Target Corp. and disappointing data from J.C. Penney Co. Inc. and others.
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US blue-chip stocks rose slightly on Friday as government data showed better-than-expected demand in August for durable goods other than transportation equipment, but climbing oil prices limited gains.
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U.S. blue chips edged higher on   Friday after Ford Motor Co. F.N raised its earnings  forecasts, but wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc.  QCOM.O held back the Nasdaq after saying an accounting review  may reduce pretax income.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Thursday, with blue chips inching higher as investors' relief over declining oil prices offset their concerns about a jump in jobless claims. Brokerage downgrades of several semiconductor companies sent tech stocks down slightly...
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NEW YORK - Stocks moved sharply higher Friday as oil prices dipped and a pair of upgrades in the semiconductor sector boosted technology shares.    Investors are closely watching oil prices, which topped $50 per barrel this week, hoping that consumer spending and sentiment, along with third-quarter earnings, would not be adversely affected by rising energy costs...
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U.S. blue-chip stocks edged higher in  a seesaw session on Monday as some investors took the  opportunity to buy beaten-down shares after last week's  sell-off, but a diminishing appetite for risk limited a broader  advance.
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U.S. blue chips edged higher on Monday, helped by a gain in Boeing Co. , but disappointing earnings outlooks from printer maker Lexmark Inc.  and others limited the market's advance.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks advanced on Thursday on optimism about strong profits from companies including Exxon Mobil Corp.  while the Nasdaq was flat.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on Wednesday after Boeing Co.  posted a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit and boosted its outlook, but jitters over the Federal Reserve's impending statement on rate policy prevented a broader advance.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks inched higher on  Friday afternoon, while the Nasdaq slipped as investors showed  caution before next week's presidential election.
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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. blue-chip stocks finished higher  on Friday, helped by gains in energy companies' shares,  although investors showed caution before next Tuesday's  presidential election.
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The Dow and the S&P 500 rose, while the Nasdaq pared most of its early losses, on Tuesday as higher oil prices lifted shares of Exxon Mobil Corp.  and investors said higher-than-expected inflation data was not necessarily going to lead to higher interest rates.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, a day  after the blue-chip Dow hit a 3-1/2 year high, as oil prices  tumbled more than a dollar and battered-down drug stock Pfizer  Inc PFE.N rose nearly 4 percent.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on Thursday  as better-than-expected economic data, healthy company earnings  and merger talk lifted the mood on Wall Street.
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U.S. blue chips rose on Thursday, led  by tobacco stocks, while technology share were under pressure  by a warning from Applied Materials Inc., the world's biggest  semiconductor-equipment maker.