Stocks Rise; Nasdaq, S&P at 3-Month Highs
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Stocks rose sharply on Friday in heavy  trading as software company PeopleSoft Inc. and chip-related  stocks boosted the Nasdaq and Standard & Poor's 500 indexes to  their highest closes in about three months.
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Stocks rebounded on Wednesday, pushing the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq up more than 2 percent, after investors snapped up beaten down technology shares, while the energy sector benefited from a surge in oil prices.
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The stock market barreled higher yesterday, sending the Dow Jones industrials to a 3-year high as two Wall Street firms reported better-than-expected earnings and a brokerage gave tech bellwether Intel Corp. a ratings upgrade.
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U.S. stocks opened higher on  Wednesday, as McDonald's Corp. said third-quarter earnings rose  sharply and quarterly reports from Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc.  pleased Wall Street, lifting technology shares.
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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.
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Wall Street stocks were higher at midmorning on Tuesday, as bullish momentum from the strong start to the third quarter continued to build.
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Stocks extended gains on Friday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes rising 1 percent along with the Dow.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday,  extending gains, as oil prices fell sharply after a  higher-than-expected rise in crude stocks last week.
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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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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with   the Nasdaq rallying more than 1 percent, after solid earnings   reports from software maker Oracle Corp. ORCL.O and   investment bank Morgan Stanley. MS.N
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Japanese stocks rallied to a three-month high Thursday, lifted by gains in export-sensitive shipping and machinery shares after Wall Street rose to new records overnight.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday as mergers and takeover proposals totaling more than $77 billion gave investors confidence that stock prices have room to rise even as the Dow industrials ascended to another record high.
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Stocks rose on Wednesday, led by gains in energy and semi-conductor shares.
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Stocks extended their rally on Friday,  lifting the Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX to a 3-year  high, while bonds and gold rose and the dollar and oil dropped.
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Stocks rose on Friday after news the  economy added more than twice the number of jobs expected last  month, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 index to its highest  in more than 2 1/2 years.
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U.S. 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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The Dow industrial average and the S&P 500 briefly turned higher as shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co  , the No. 3 U.S. bank, led a rebound in financial shares, while the Nasdaq pared losses.