Stocks End the Day a Bit Higher
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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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US stocks ended higher on Tuesday, even as oil prices hit another record, as investors were encouraged by data showing an easing of inflationary pressure and a sharp rebound in the housing market.
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Stocks were mixed in post-holiday trading yesterday as Wall Street meandered through a shortened session. The major indexes ended the week higher as investors looked forward to the
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US stocks ended higher on Wednesday as investors snapped up semiconductor shares at bargain prices and bought some blue chips after crude oil retreated from record high prices.
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By George Chamberlin , Daily Transcript Financial Correspondent. Stocks moved higher late in the session on Thursday after Procter &amp; Gamble (NYSE: PG) released a positive forecast for sales and profits.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday,  after manufacturer and Dow component Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N  raised its sales forecast and a spike in crude oil prices  pushed energy stocks higher.
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Stocks opened a touch higher Friday in  what is set to be a thinly traded final session as investors  wind down for the year -- with all three indices on course to  end higher for 2004 as a whole.
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U.S. stock futures rose to morning  highs on Friday, indicating the market would open slightly  higher, after better-than-forecast earnings from Web search  company Google Inc. sparked tech shares.
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US stocks were higher at midmorning on Thursday, as a slew of deals fuelled the market&#39;s momentum, a day after the S&amp;P 500 had risen to a record close.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday,  even as oil prices hit another record, as investors  were  encouraged by data showing an easing of inflationary pressure  and a sharp rebound in the housing market.
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British blue chips ended modestly higher after an up-and-down session, with Wall Street putting in a fairly volatile performance.
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Stocks ended higher in a holiday-shortened session on Tuesday, helped by news that Apple Inc.  could see higher-than-expected profit margins from its iPhone and data showing a rise in factory orders.
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U.S. stocks rose slightly on Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials to a record closing high for a third day and the S&P 500 to a fresh 5-1/2-year high, after an increase in retailers' September sales fueled hopes that spending will stay strong.
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Stock prices opened slightly higher today after the latest reading on U.S. gross domestic product.
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Stocks ended higher on Monday, helped by strong results from IBM  that eased worries about the economy and sparked a rebound after last week's losses.
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U.S. stocks rose slightly on Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial to a record closing high for a third day and the S&P 500 to a fresh 5-1/2-year high, after an increase in retailers' September sales fueled hopes that spending will stay strong.
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UK blue chips closed stronger today, just off the late afternoon peak lifted by a rally from hard-pressed banking issues, with Wall Street pushing higher in morning deals following better than expected numbers from Lehman Brothers, and ahead of a likely Fed interest rate cut later today.