Stocks & Bonds: Volatile Trading Session Closes Higher
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The Nasdaq composite index showed its first gain in nine sessions, and the Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 200 points at the end of the day.
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Leading shares closed markedly higher, encouraged by gains on Wall Street where investors cheered a flurry of M-and-A deals at home and abroad, and solid economic data, although rising oil prices remained under scrutiny, dealers said.
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Stocks ended higher on Thursday after  a major bond insurer reassured investors about its stability,  fueling a rebound by financial shares hammered recently by the  prospect of crumbling credit markets.
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Stocks ended higher on Thursday after a major bond insurer reassured investors about its stability, fueling a rebound by financial shares hammered recently by the prospect of crumbling credit markets.
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Leading shares closed higher, boosted by a solid rally on Wall Street and strength in mining and media stocks, offsetting yet another spike in the London price of oil, dealers said.
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European stock markets closed modestly higher in shortened trading hours after a strong pre-Christmas showing by Wall Street.
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Leading shares ended the session higher as a raft of positive broker comment and strength in energy stocks added to a positive start on Wall Street.
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Leading shares ended the session higher, within sight of the key 6,000 level, as renewed M&amp;A fever gripped the likes of heavyweights Barclays, Corus and Brambles, dealers said.
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Treasury debt prices edged higher on  Thursday in volatile but mostly technical trade, although  anxiety over a looming report on U.S. gross domestic product  kept bond bulls in check.
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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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Blue chips extended gains in late afternoon trade to close sharply higher, with Exel and miners leading the gainers, while investors also took heart from a rebound on Wall Street, dealers said.
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U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday as a dramatically raised price target for Apple Computer Inc. shares spilled over to other technology stocks, and a rally in crude oil stalled as traders took profits.
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Share prices closed higher across the board in Tokyo this morning, as investors were cheered by last night&#39;s gains on Wall Street.
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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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The New York Stock Exchange's benchmark Dow Jones share index trades above its record closing high.
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Leading shares closed higher Tuesday, but off peaks, buoyed by a resilient mining sector and ongoing buying interest among pharmaceuticals although early strength on Wall Street petered out as weak housing data heightened economic woes.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 eking out closing records, as higher energy shares and a fresh round of takeovers offset concerns about a sharp sell-off in Chinese stocks.