Blue Chips Inch Up, Oil Rise Caps Gains
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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-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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US blue chip stocks rose on Friday helped by a sharp drop in oil prices. The dollar eased and gold and Treasury bond prices closed higher.
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U.S. blue chips advanced on Friday after Ford Motor Co.  raised its earnings forecasts, while wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc.  limited gains on the Nasdaq after saying an accounting review may reduce pretax income.
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U.S. blue chips edged higher on Monday  helped by gains in economically sensitive stocks such as United  Technologies Corp. UTX.N and 3M co. MMM.N as oil prices  fell more than $1 a barrel.
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Tuesday as  rising oil and other commodity prices drove up shares of major  energy and metal producers.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks ended higher on  Friday, helped by gains in energy companies, although investors  showed caution before next week's presidential election.
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U.S. stock futures inched higher on Tuesday, pointing to a higher market open, after strong profits from Tyco International Ltd.  and other companies boosted optimism about company profits, and a jump in oil prices pushed up shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. .
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Oil prices rose on Wednesday, pushed upwards by technical buying, but struggling to break above the narrow range that has persisted this month.
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U.S. 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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The Nasdaq rose and the blue-chip Dow   edged up on Wednesday after a government report showed economic   growth, while slowing, remains fairly strong.
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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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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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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. stock futures gained on Tuesday,  pointing to a higher open on Wall Street, as oil prices  steadied around $42 a barrel, while investors awaited a report  on U.S. factory orders.
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U.S. blue chips rose on Wednesday  after American International Group AIG.N hiked its dividend  and crude oil prices edged lower, but weakness in chip stocks  pressured technology shares.
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By George Chamberlin , Daily Transcript Financial Correspondent. Investors once again shrugged off volatility in the oil patch Friday and pushed stock prices modestly higher.