Blue Chips Rise; J&J Up, Goldman Falls
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U.S. blue chips moved higher  on  Thursday, getting a lift from Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N  following its acquisition of medical device maker Guidant Corp.  GDT.N, but broader market gains were capped after investment  bank Goldman Sachs posted disappointing quarterly revenues.
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U.S. blue chip stocks rose on  Wednesday, helped by drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N, but  technology stocks fell as results from technology bellwether  Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO.O disappointed Wall Street.
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Stocks rose on Monday after strong results from IBM  relieved concerns about the global economy and spurred a broad rebound from last week's slide.
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US stocks rebounded on Monday after IBM surprised traders with some better-than-expected results, boosting confidence at the start of an important week for corporate earnings.
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U.S. stocks jumped higher  on Tuesday  as better-than-expected corporate earnings from companies like  Johnson & Johnson and DuPont and positive consumer confidence  data lifted the mood on Wall Street.
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U.S. blue chips closed slightly higher  on Thursday, helped by Johnson & Johnson Inc.'s JNJ.N $25  billion deal to buy Guidant Corp. GDT.N, but the broader  market fell, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N dragging the  S&P 500 lower after posting quarterly revenues that  disappointed Wall Street.
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Stocks rose on Thursday as positive analyst comments helped the financial sector and McDonald's Corp.  raised its annual dividend by 50 percent.
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U.S. stocks rose in midday trading on   Monday, as gains in Apple Computer Inc. APPL.O and Qualcomm   Inc. QCOM.O lifted the Nasdaq.
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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. blue-chip stocks rose on Tuesday   after news of a stronger-than-expected jump in consumer   confidence raised investors' hopes for higher retail spending   and corporate profits.
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U.S. blue chips rose on Thursday, led  by tobacco stocks, while technology share were under pressure  by a warning from Applied Materials Inc. AMAT.O, the world's  biggest semiconductor-equipment maker.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose slightly on  Thursday after a court gave a boost to Altria Group Inc. MO.N  and other tobacco companies, but that was offset by a drop in  McDonald's Corp. on new mad-cow worries.
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U.S. blue chips gained  on Monday as a  drop in oil prices lifted cyclical stocks like 3M Co. MMM.N  and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N advanced after reporting a  pickup in the pace of some holiday sales.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday as oil  prices eased a little and Friday's start-of-quarter buying  spree continued into the new week.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, with blue  chips touching a 2-month high, as oil prices fell and investors  were encouraged by positive profit news from a number of  companies.
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UK blue-chips ended the day up, building on Tuesday&#39;s rally, with miners and financials driving gains although Northern Rock remained under pressure, while Wall Street extended its surge, a day after a half-point rate cut from the Fed.
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Stock index futures rose on Tuesday, suggesting Wall Street will open higher, before quarterly financial results from investment bank Goldman Sachs Group  later on Tuesday.