Nasdaq Ends Up, Dow Slips
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The tech-driven Nasdaq Composite Index  got a 1 percent boost on Thursday on gains in the semiconductor  sector, but the blue-chip Dow ended down slightly after  Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N warned about higher steel prices and  other costs.
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Stocks rose on Thursday, as relatively  cheap valuations tempted investors back to Wall Street after a  three-day losing streak that had pushed Nasdaq into an official  bear market.
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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 ended higher for a second  session in a row on Wednesday, lifted by  better-than-expected  earnings from companies including Texas Instruments Inc.  TXN.N and a drop in crude oil prices.
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Everything Wall Street has been worried about in the last week seemed to weigh less heavily on investors Wednesday, and stocks began to recover.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday  as better-than-expected earnings from Lehman Brothers Holdings  Inc. LEH.N provided a lift, even as crude oil prices rose to  a 2-week high and sparked worry about high energy costs.
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Wall Street ended an otherwise strong week with a mixed finish yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 22.93, or 0.23 percent, to 10,027.
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The Nasdaq composite index briefly rose 1 percent, led by gains in Apple Inc.  before it reports its earnings later on Monday. The Dow industrials and S&P 500 index reversed course to advance.
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Stocks advanced modestly yesterday after Wall Street shrugged off a sharp drop in orders for manufactured goods and took comfort in the first gain in existing-home sales in eight months.
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Stocks extended gains on Wednesday, with the Dow at an all-time intraday high and the Nasdaq up 1 percent as weaker-than-expected services data calmed interest-rate and inflation worries.
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Stocks fell on Monday, but the three major indexes ended higher for the year after gains in energy and technology offset the dramatic sell-off in financials from the subprime mortgage meltdown.
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U.S. stocks ended higher for the  second session in a row on Wednesday, lifted by   better-than-expected earnings from companies such as Texas  Instruments Inc. TXN.N and a retreat in crude oil prices.
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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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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc , the second-largest U.S. equities exchange, posted a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by a gain from the sale of its stake in the London Stock Exchange.
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U.S. stocks rebounded on Wednesday, pushing the Nasdaq to its best day in more than a year, as investors snapped up beaten down technology shares, while the energy sector benefited from a surge in oil prices.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday  for the second straight session, lifted by better-than-expected  earnings from companies such as Texas Instruments Inc. TXN.N  and a retreat in crude oil prices.
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NEW YORK - The blue-chip Dow average ended slightly lower, while the tech-driven Nasdaq inched higher on Tuesday as investors waited for hints from the Federal Reserve about the pace of interest-rate increases on Wednesday.