Stocks slip as energy offsets rate optimism
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U.S. stocks slipped at the open on   Friday as falling crude oil prices dragged energy shares such   as Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM.N lower, offsetting optimism that   data on inflation won't cause the Federal Reserve to resume   raising interest rates.
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Stocks slipped on Tuesday as a sharp  drop in oil prices hurt energy shares and health-care company  Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N fell following a report of a possible  $24 billion takeover of Guidant Corp. GDT.N.
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Stocks were mostly flat on Wednesday as worries about a sales forecast from Target Inc  and falling home prices were offset by gains in energy shares.
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U.S. stocks rose modestly on Thursday  as another slip in oil prices offset a decision by China's  central bank to raise interest rates.
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U.S. stocks slipped  on Monday after a  brokerage downgrade weighed on drug makers and oil prices rose  amid speculation of an OPEC production cut and after a foiled  attack on a U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia.
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S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial futures slipped on Friday as worries about the impact of the credit squeeze on financial services companies tempered optimism about Google Inc's  solid profit.
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A slide in the price of oil gave stock markets a lift this afternoon, but gains in Toronto were sharply limited by losses in energy company stocks.
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Stocks slipped on Tuesday, as rising bond yields prompted concerns about higher borrowing costs, but comments from former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan limited a broader slide.
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Stocks slipped on Friday as oil prices topped $61 a barrel, raising concerns that the inflation-wary Federal Reserve would be in no rush to cut benchmark interest rates and clouding the outlook for profits.
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Stocks fell on Monday, but the market managed to make a modest advance in 2007 after gains in energy and technology offset the dramatic sell-off in financials from the mortgage market meltdown.
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Stocks slipped on Monday as concern about the impact of the housing slump and credit squeeze hurt shares of financial companies.
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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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Falling oil prices hurt energy stocks and a Fed officialâs comments on interest rates also soured the marketâs early good mood.
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NEW YORK - Stocks edged lower Wednesday as investors weighed rising oil prices against a report on factory orders that suggests there's reason to be optimistic about the economy.    In early trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 4.05, or 0.04 percent, at 10,094.58...
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Oil prices slipped on Thursday after a  bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. fuel inventories soothed  worries of a winter squeeze.
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U.S. stocks were little changed at the opening on Monday as a decline in oil prices hit shares of energy stocks like Exxon Mobil Corp. , offsetting optimism over another round of corporate deal activity.
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World oil prices slipped Monday, tracking a slump in global stock markets as investors worry about slowing economic growth and a risk of recession in the United States.