Falling oil prices lift blue chips
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BLUE chips in the United States recovered ground on Friday as falling oil prices offset a profit warning from aluminium-maker Alcoa, while a tech rally was fuelled by software-maker Oracle Corp.
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U.S. blue chips were down on Wednesday  on a sharp rise in oil prices after oil inventories rose less  than expected and a few Dow components disappointed investors  with their earnings and outlooks.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks inched higher on  Monday as the price of crude rose to near $49 a barrel and  helped energy companies' shares, but technology shares slid,  pulled down by a drop in chipmakers.
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U.S. blue chips fell on Wednesday as a steep decline in commodity prices and lower crude oil dented shares of Alcoa Inc.  and Exxon Mobil Corp., outweighing strong earnings from McDonald's Corp. .
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U.S. blue chips gained  on Monday as a  drop in oil prices lifted cyclical stocks like 3M Co. MMM.N  and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N advanced after reporting a  pickup in the pace of some holiday sales.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday on  investor relief that oil prices fell sharply after a  higher-than-expected rise in crude stocks last week.
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U.S. blue chips slid back into the red  on Wednesday as oil company shares fell on a report showing an  unexpected rise in U.S. oil inventories last week, which drove  oil prices lower.
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Oil prices went down and stock prices went up, pushing blue chip stocks to their third straight weekly gain. All the major stock market indexes moved up, although it was one of the lightest trading weeks of
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U.S. blue-chip stocks were knocked lower on Thursday after Exxon Mobil Corp.  was downgraded by a brokerage, but the technology-dominated Nasdaq index rebounded from Wednesday's sharp decline.
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UK blue chips closed higher for the 11th session in the last 12, with oil companies gaining on a strong crude price, and Wall Street reacting calmly to US economic data.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks changed course  and rose late Tuesday afternoon as a drop in oil prices helped  steady the market, although investors remained cautious before  tech bellwether Intel Corp.'s INTC.O earnings.
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U.S. blue chips edged down on Tuesday  as oil jumped to another record and government data on the  services sector showed that growth was slower than expected  last month.
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The latest jump in oil prices to over $55 a barrel pushed stocks down yesterday, with blue chips falling to their lowest levels this year.
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The blue-chip Dow slid back into  negative territory on Monday, but the broader Standard & Poor's  500 index rose after a fall in oil prices eased worries about  corporate profits.
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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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TORONTO (CP) - A rally in the insurance sector helped take stock markets up sharply - and drove New York&#39;s blue chip index to a triple-digit runup - despite higher oil prices and a further slowdown in US consumer confidence.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks declined to the  lowest level in more than a month on Thursday as crude oil  prices touched $49 a barrel and renewed concerns that high fuel  costs will erode corporate profits.