Medical Stocks Up 2.8 Percent on Week
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Medical-related stocks largely closed up Friday afternoon as Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc. bought a sizable chunk of Cyberonics Inc.
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Tokyo stocks rose two percent by Monday  afternoon with shippers, steel firms and auto makers the main  targets for broad buying after a capital spending survey  boosted optimism that economic growth figures will be revised  up.
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Wall Street extended its advance after reports showed inflation remained tame in November and industrial production rose for the first time in two months.
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US stocks rose on Wednesday as value investors bought shares in lagging sectors such as healthcare, while oil prices slipped below $42 a barrel.
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Stocks rose Wednesday morning, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average within a whisper of its all-time closing high of January 2000.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, a day  after a sharp sell-off, as value investors picked up shares in  lagging sectors such as healthcare.
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Shares of drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. Inc. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) traded 1.52 percent higher on volume of more than 61,000 shares in pre-market dealings on Friday, a day after
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Stocks gained on Friday, putting the Dow and S&P on track for their best week since March, after stronger-than-expected results from software maker Oracle Corp  helped the profit picture for technology.
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Stock futures were little changed on  Friday after the Commerce Department released preliminary  figures showing gross domestic product rose 2.8 percent in the  second quarter, which was in line with Wall Street  expectations.
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U.S. stocks traded higher on  Wednesday, with shares of drugmaker Merck & Co. MRK.N helping  to boost the Dow after its 2005 forecast offered relief to some  investors on Wall Street.
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Medical device stocks were in the spotlight Wednesday with Medicare&#39;s proposal late Tuesday to expand coverage for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICDs, bolstering shares of those companies making the devices.
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NEW YORK - Investors shrugged off rising crude futures Wednesday to capture attractively valued shares, sending the Nasdaq composite index up 2 percent ahead of Google Inc.'s much-anticipated initial public offering of stock. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 110 points...
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Stocks rose on Friday, helped by government data showing stronger-than-expected job growth last month and a rally in the shares of Citigroup Inc. , the biggest U.S. bank.
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Five stocks in the health-care sector that are poised for growth.
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Wall Street rose moderately in early trading, boosted by news that Merrill Lynch will receive an investment of up to $6.2 billion from two investment groups.
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Sock index futures rose on Tuesday after news of a proposed acquisition of a health-care company, while bond yields held steady, giving investors a break from interest-rate worries.
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Stocks rose on Monday as stronger-than-expected profits in the pharmaceutical sector and news of a takeover in the oil services industry fueled a rebound from Friday's sell-off.