U.S. STOCKS-Indexes gain as oil ends off high, Cisco jumps late
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U.S. stocks ended marginally higher on Tuesday after oil prices pulled back from a session high near $60 a barrel, offsetting a sell-off in the tech sector after National Semiconductor Corp. lowered its outlook.
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Tuesday as a 5 percent jump in oil prices lifted shares of major energy companies and Motorola Inc.  gained after investor Carl Icahn said he will seek a seat on the board.
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The blue-chip Dow average ended  slightly higher on Monday and the tech-driven Nasdaq also  gained as declining crude-oil prices made equities aside from  energy names attractive.
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Tuesday in   slow trading as Chevron Corp. CVX.N gained on news it   successfully drilled for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, offsetting   a drop in Viacom Inc. VIAb.N after its chief executive quit.
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U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday after a drop in oil prices eased worries about corporate profits, although disappointing earnings from diversified manufacturer 3M Co.  limited gains on the blue-chip Dow.
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Stocks rose on Thursday as a gain of more than $1 a barrel in oil prices boosted shares of energy companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp. , offsetting disappointment over profit reports from Bear Stearns  and Goldman Sachs .
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, as  worry about fuel costs crunching corporate profits eased when  crude oil prices retreated from record highs.
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Tuesday in   light trading as Chevron Corp. CVX.N gained on news it   successfully drilled for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, offsetting   a drop in Viacom Inc. VIAb.N after its chief executive quit.
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NEW YORK - A welcome drop off in oil prices sent stocks sharply higher Friday, sparking hopes that the stock market's recent downturn was at an end. The major indexes were all poised to end the week higher...
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Stocks rose on Wednesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average to a record high, after a strong profit and outlook from Cisco Systems Inc.  boosted optimism about corporate profits.
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U.S. stocks were higher on Thursday,  helped by technology shares like Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O and  Intel Corp. INTC.O, which received a brokerage upgrade, and  crude oil prices dropping below $48 a barrel.
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U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on  Thursday as crude oil prices slipped below $51 a barrel,  helping offset a slide in metals and mining stocks prompted by  China's first rate increase in nine years.
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US 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 3 weeks.
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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 Thursday as lower crude oil prices offset the impact of  China's first rate increase in nine years.
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U.S. technology stocks rose on  Wednesday as Cisco Systems'profit and outlook reinforced  optimism over earnings, while blue chips ended little changed  as an oil price drop weighed on energy shares.
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US stocks ended higher on Wednesday as internet and semiconductor stocks led advances in technology shares and crude oil retreated from record high prices.