Market climbs on Microsoft, Countrywide
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Stocks rose on Friday after a higher profit forecast by Microsoft Corp.  lifted all three major indexes, and an upbeat outlook by lender Countrywide Financial Corp.  stemmed fears of financial-sector losses.
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Wall Street rose sharply for a third straight session as investors cheered profit reports from big names like Microsoft and were reassured by word of a possible buyout of a trouble bond insurer.
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Stocks rose on Monday as data on existing-home sales were in line with analysts' forecasts, allowing investors to focus on the recent pull-back in bond yields and the Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting this week.
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Despite $1.2 billion third quarter loss, Countrywide Financial Corp. shares soared and officials say the company expects to return to profitability
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Stocks rose on Tuesday as investors bought beaten-down shares of technology heavyweights such as IBM  and Microsoft Corp  on hopes that the tech sector would weather the impact of the credit crisis.
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Microsoft  reported a rise in  quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by strong sales of its  Windows operating system, and the company raised its full-year  profit outlook, sending its shares up 4 percent.
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European stocks rose on Monday, buoyed  by M&A activity, while the euro rose against the dollar and  boosted European government bond prices as investors focused on  the U.S. current account deficit.
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Stock index futures jumped on Friday after Countrywide Financial Corp.  reported quarterly results and said it negotiated additional liquidity.
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Stocks rose on Thursday as a rebound in global equity markets helped boost investment banks' shares and some U.S. retailers' robust monthly sales allayed worries about the economy's health.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks edged up on Monday after an unexpectedly strong sales estimate from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , while tech stocks fell on doubts that Microsoft Corp.'s new Vista operating system could reinvigorate the share price.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq up nearly 1 percent, as the government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth and shares of Exxon Mobil Corp.  and Microsoft Corp.  advanced.
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London equities made strong gains on Friday,as fresh bid activity energerised the mining sector and Wall Street futures took off after Microsoft made an offer for Yahoo.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday after stronger-than-expected data on the services sector boosted optimism about U.S. economic growth and profits.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, as investors snapped up shares in sectors seen likely to withstand a slowdown in growth following reports pointing to further weakness in housing.
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Stocks rose on Wednesday as the government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth and shares of Exxon Mobil Corp.  and Microsoft Corp.  advanced.
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Research in Motion Ltd    moved higher on Thursday on renewed market speculation  that Microsoft Corp  could be interested in buying the  BlackBerry maker.
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London equities made strong gains on Friday, as fresh bid activity energerised the mining sector and Wall Street took off after Microsoft made an offer for Yahoo.