Stocks mixed as US, Canadian economies improve, oil edges higher
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TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market was sent higher Friday morning by improvements in energy stocks as a two-day slide in oil prices skidded to a stop and signs of strong economic growth.
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NEW YORK Uncertainty over high oil prices and pharmaceutical companies kept stocks mixed Monday as investors migrated to less risky holdings, pushing blue chips and other large-caps higher while the Nasdaq fell.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed in light trading Tuesday as investors still stunned by oil's recent record highs largely stayed out of the market. Tech stocks suffered due to a brokerage downgrade of Cisco Systems Inc...
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U.S. stocks made gains in light volume  on Wednesday, as another drop in oil prices and a lift in  Boeing Co. overshadowed mixed reports on the economy.
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Shares shuffled to a mixed finish yesterday, rebounding from earlier lows as oil prices retreated after surging past $50 a barrel.
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NEW YORK Investors were unmoved by the Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan&#39;s improved assessment of the economy or by a steep drop in oil prices, leaving stocks marginally mixed Wednesday in light trading.
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NEW YORK Stocks inched higher in quiet trading on Wednesday as a pair of government reports offered conflicting signals about the economy, and oil prices declined.
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Investors sent stocks modestly higher Friday, embracing a sluggish gross domestic product reading that was nonetheless better than expected, hoping that falling oil prices would help spur the economy.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Tuesday as oil prices climbed close to $51 per barrel and investors worried that rising energy costs would dampen a widely expected fourth quarter rally.    Wall Street was uneasy but not panicky as a barrel of light crude was quoted at $50.63, up 72 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...
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Stocks futures were mixed on Friday,  indicating a similar start on Wall Street, with further  corporate earnings and key U.S. growth data due later.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Wednesday as a lower reading on manufacturing activity and rising oil prices chilled an early spate of bargain hunting. Technology shares inched higher despite brokerage downgrades of two semiconductor companies...
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NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks modestly higher Friday, embracing a sluggish gross domestic product reading that was nonetheless better than expected, hoping that falling oil prices would help spur the economy. The major indexes all finished the week higher...
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Tuesday as  rising oil and other commodity prices drove up shares of major  energy and metal producers.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed in early trading Wednesday as investors digested a jump in the second-quarter gross domestic product and kept a close eye on oil prices, which still hovered near $50 per barrel.    According to the Commerce Department, the nation's GDP grew 3.3 percent from April to June, upping its previous estimate of 2.8 percent growth...
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The Dow briefly rose above its record   closing high on Thursday, but stocks slipped later as crude oil   prices rebounded and investors worried a slower economy would   not sustain earnings.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average back above the 10,000 mark, as investors shrugged off rising energy prices and focused instead on good corporate news. A decline in consumer confidence appeared to shake some buying enthusiasm, however, and tech shares inched lower...
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Wall Street looked set for a mixed start on Thursday as oil prices remained near two-week highs and investors braced for a clutch of economic data and earnings from high-profile firms like Goldman Sachs  and Nike .