Wall Street surges after speeches
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Stocks surged on Friday after speeches by President Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured investors that top officials are monitoring market turmoil and are ready to act as needed.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, boosting the Dow to a record, as healthy sales from key retailers reassured investors about the economy, while takeover speculation drove Alcoa Inc.'s  shares to a lifetime high.
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Stocks surged Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials up 200 points into record territory as bright spots among retailers' generally sluggish June sales reports allowed investors to toss aside concerns about the health of the economy that have for weeks dogged Wall Street.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday as mergers and takeover proposals totaling more than $77 billion gave investors confidence that stock prices have room to rise even as the Dow industrials ascended to another record high.
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NEW YORK -- Wall Street surged higher Thursday as investors welcomed strong earnings from Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and another drop in unemployment benefits claims.
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U.S. stocks rose for a third straight day on Friday in a post-election rally after a government report showed strong jobs growth last month, boosting hopes that the economic recovery is taking hold.
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Stocks jumped on Thursday, driving both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite indexes up more than 1 percent as stocks rebounded, led by gains in financial services companies and retailers.
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Stocks ended sharply higher on Wednesday after a pullback in benchmark bond yields and signs of strength in the economy.
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Stocks soared on Friday, as strong results from Research in Motion boosted the technology sector while financial stocks rose on a report of another overseas investment in a U.S. investment bank.
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European markets surged Thursday as a stunning comeback on Wall Street a day earlier heartened investors worried over the outlook for the U.S. economy.
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US stocks surged on Wednesday as President Bush won re-election, boosting shares of companies in sectors seen benefiting from Republican administration policies, such as defense and drugs.
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EQUITIES surged worldwide yesterday as investors expressed relief that Senator John Kerry had conceded the US election to president George Bush.
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Shares surged on Wall Street on Friday night, pushing the Dow over 100 points higher, as tech stocks rallied and drug giant Merck staged a 1 per cent rebound following its 26 per cent fall on Thursday.
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European and Asian stock markets rallied Wednesday in the wake of Wall Street's surge spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve's larger-than-expected interest rate cut.
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Wall Street resumed its year-end rally, bolstered by a new report which showed consumer confidence had jumped sharply in recent weeks.
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Wall Street celebrated President Bush&#39;s re-election with a solid rally Wednesday, surging higher as investors welcomed continuity in Washington and shrugged off higher oil prices.
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US stocks surged on Tuesday, as battered insurers rose on confidence a probe of the industry would end quickly, helping blue chips snap a 5-day streak of losses.