US stocks slip as investors take profits
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Wall Street was modestly mixed on Monday, with the main benchmarks flirting with ending a five-day winning streak as investors sought to consolidate recent gains.
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US stocks closed weak yesterday as investors collected profits for a second straight day despite an unexpected drop in unemployment claims.
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US stocks slipped on Monday in a quiet day on Wall Street as the price of oil dropped below $42 a barrel and knocked down shares of energy-related companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp.
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U.S. stocks rebounded this morning in early trading, then gave back some of their gains as prices fluctuated following a global sell-off yesterday that triggered a 3 percent drop in the Dow Jones industrial average.
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U.S. stocks extended their losses on Wednesday after investment bank Morgan Stanley said quarterly profit fell, casting doubt on corporate earnings growth, while a brokerage downgrade on Cisco Systems Inc. hurt tech stocks.
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U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday as  health insurers' shares fell, offsetting better-than-expected  earnings from tech bellwether IBM Corp. IBM.N and lower oil  prices.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday after  several companies issued profit warnings, while Fed Chairman  Alan Greenspan's remarks that the economy was pulling out of a  summer soft patch did little to quell expectations for a rate  hike later this month.
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US stocks extended their gains on Tuesday as oil prices slipped, easing concerns that energy costs would hurt corporate profits and helped raise hopes for improvement in the economy.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday as  investors showed caution ahead of tech bellwether Intel Corp.'s  INTC.O earnings, while disappointing results from State  Street Corp. STT.N cast a cloud over the banking sector.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, with the Nasdaq down more than 1 percent, as investors took advantage of an early rally on housing data to lock in profits in advance of a long U.S. holiday weekend.
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NEW YORK - An unsettling report on consumer incomes set off a spate of profit-taking on Wall Street Monday as investors worried that a tepid economy would erode companies' third-quarter earnings. Another drop in oil prices failed to shake the gloom from the market...
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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as investors locked in profits ahead of jobs data on Friday that could show further weakening in the economy and possibly send equity markets lower.
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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as investors locked in profits ahead of jobs data on Friday that could show further weakening in the economy and hurt corporate earnings.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday after disappointing financial results from software maker Oracle Corp.  and electronics retailer Circuit City  sparked worries about corporate profits and the economy.
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Stocks opened lower today as investors began to take profits following sharp gains a day earlier on Wall Street.
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Stocks edged lower on Monday as  interest rates and a weakening dollar took center stage now  that the presidential election is over and investors took  profits after last week's rally.
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Surging oil prices and a weak dollar prompted a spate of profit-taking today, pushing stocks slightly lower in light holiday-week trading.