Stocks Edge Higher As Oil Prices Fall
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A welcome slide in oil prices set off a relief rally on Wall Street Friday, with stocks posting a healthy advance as crude approached but then fell back from the $50 a barrel mark.
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Oil prices edged higher on Friday, ending a three-day losing streak, as dealers weighed OPEC's threat to cut production against healthy supplies of crude and gasoline in the United States, the world's biggest consumer.
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U.S. stocks traded slightly higher on  Friday, even as oil flirted near the $50-per-barrel mark,  suggesting that investors were snatching up beaten-down shares  and growing confident that oil prices may be leveling off.
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NEW YORK - A sharp drop in oil prices gave Wall Street a modest relief rally Monday, with stocks edging higher on news that oil production had soared during the month of September.    Investors who have sold stocks for months as oil prices climbed reversed course Monday and started buying as the price of crude declined...
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U.S. stocks pointed to a slightly higher open on Monday as investors seek bargains and oil prices stay below last week's record high of nearly &#36;50 a barrel.
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NEW YORK - Stocks edged higher Wednesday as bargain hunters shrugged off rising oil prices, but Google Inc.'s decision to slash its estimated initial public offering price sapped some enthusiasm from the market.    In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 9.73, or 0.1 percent, to 9,982.56, reversing an earlier slide...
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Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday,   rebounding slightly from a near 3-month low the previous   session as supply concerns eased with the end of the U.S.   summer driving season.
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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. blue-chip stocks edged higher on Monday, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dipped on Monday as about $77 billion in takeover deals made investors optimistic, but a drop in oil prices hurt energy shares, including Exxon Mobil Corp.
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Stocks ended slightly higher on Friday but stayed near lows for the year as oil prices surged past &#36;46 a barrel, offsetting a positive outlook from computer maker Dell Inc.
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NEW YORK - Stocks moved slightly higher Friday as investors tried to uncouple share prices from skyrocketing oil costs, helped in afternoon trading by falling oil prices that had earlier reached new highs and flirted with $50 per barrel.    A barrel of light crude was quoted at $48.42, down 28 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange after hitting a record intraday high earlier in the session at $49.40...
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Wall Street was expected to edge higher  at Thursday's opening as oil prices receded from record highs,  easing fears spiraling costs will crimp firms' profits.
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U.S. stocks looked to open higher on  Thursday opening as oil prices retreat from record highs,  easing fears that spiraling costs will crimp corporate profits.
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U.S. stocks shot higher on Wednesday  as oil prices tumbled by more than $3 a barrel, easing worries  about the impact high energy costs have on corporate profits  and consumer spending.
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U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday as  Internet and semiconductor companies led technology shares  higher and crude oil retreated from record high prices.
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Monday as   gains in technology shares such as Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O   outweighed a sell-off in shares of energy and metals companies   following a pullback in commodity prices.
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U.S. stocks moved higher late on  Friday morning in a broad-based advance, as oil prices dipped,  shares of PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O boosted the tech-heavy  Nasdaq and data showed that factory activity stayed at a  healthy pace last month.