Stocks gained Tuesday as investors looked beyond record-high oil prices and big losses at financial firms and instead continued to bet that the economy is stabilizing and the worst of the credit crisis is over.
Falling oil prices helped lift stocks Monday, at the end of an otherwise abysmal quarter on Wall Street, marred by fears of a recession amid the housing crisis and credit market fallout.
Technology led a broader stock market selloff Thursday, with investors backing off after pushing the Dow and S&P 500 to record intra-day highs earlier in the session.
Technology led a broader stock market selloff near the close of trade Thursday, with investors doing an about-face after pushing the Dow and S&P 500 to record intraday highs earlier in the session.
Stocks tumbled Wednesday, as investors eyed reports showing slumping pending home sales, anemic private sector employment and the latest woes for the financial sector.
Stocks tanked Wednesday afternoon, as investors eyed reports showing slumping pending home sales, anemic private sector employment and the latest woes for the financial sector.
Stocks recovered from the morning's technology-led weakness, but struggled to find momentum Tuesday afternoon amid mild comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and no new catalyst after last week's rally.
Technology stocks remained stuck in the red but the broader market improved a bit Thursday afternoon amid mild comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and a drop in Treasury bond yields.
Stocks gained Tuesday as investors looked beyond record-high oil prices and big losses at financial firms and instead continued to bet that the economy is stabilizing and the worst of the credit crisis is over.
Falling oil prices helped lift stocks Monday, at the end of an otherwise abysmal quarter on Wall Street, marred by fears of a recession amid the housing crisis and credit market fallout.
Technology led a broader stock market selloff Thursday, with investors backing off after pushing the Dow and S&P 500 to record intra-day highs earlier in the session.
Technology led a broader stock market selloff near the close of trade Thursday, with investors doing an about-face after pushing the Dow and S&P 500 to record intraday highs earlier in the session.
Stocks tumbled Wednesday, as investors eyed reports showing slumping pending home sales, anemic private sector employment and the latest woes for the financial sector.
Stocks tanked Wednesday afternoon, as investors eyed reports showing slumping pending home sales, anemic private sector employment and the latest woes for the financial sector.
Stocks recovered from the morning's technology-led weakness, but struggled to find momentum Tuesday afternoon amid mild comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and no new catalyst after last week's rally.
Technology stocks remained stuck in the red but the broader market improved a bit Thursday afternoon amid mild comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and a drop in Treasury bond yields.
Technology shares slumped early Tuesday afternoon, dragging down the Nasdaq and keeping the broader market in check, as investors geared up for comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke due later in the day.
Stocks slumped Wednesday, starting November off on the wrong foot, after a pair of weak economic reports sparked worries about the speed of the economic slowdown, giving investors a reason to retreat from the recent rally.
Surging oil prices knocked the wind out of the stock market advance Wednesday afternoon, causing the Dow Jones industrial average to scale back its attempts to test its all-time closing high.
Stocks rose Wednesday afternoon, with the Dow Jones industrial average testing its all-time closing high but struggling to break through that 6-1/2 year old barrier.
Stocks rose Wednesday afternoon, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average within a whisper of its record closing high, before the world's most widely watched stock market gauge pulled back.
Stocks rallied Friday at the end of a choppy week on Wall Street, as investors welcomed falling oil prices and soothing comments from a Federal Reserve official regarding inflation and interest rates.
Stocks were on track to end Friday's session in positive territory, helped by another drop in the price of oil and comments from a Fed official, despite another earnings warning from the home building industry.
Stocks slumped Wednesday, with tech-sector woes spreading to the broader market, amid concerns about corporate profit growth, geopolitical tensions and the mix of higher inflation and slower economic growth.
Stocks slipped Thursday, with the Dow industrials backing off from 4-1/2 year highs hit yesterday, amid higher bond yields and confusion about when the Fed's rate-hiking campaign will end.
Stock prices zoomed Monday as investors bet that the economy is sizzling and that oil prices aren't likely to pose the same threat Wall Street was worried about just a week ago.
U.S. stock markets snapped back Tuesday, with technology cheering on the broader market after a three-session selloff sparked by worries about interest rate hikes.
Technology gains lifted the Nasdaq Monday and kept the other major indexes from sliding. But volume was light and worries remained about interest rates and whether strong earnings are already baked into the stock markets.
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