Topic: U.S. Market Indexes
Stocks ended modestly higher Monday as mixed reports on the economy and earnings kept the market's rally in check. The small gains in stocks follow a two-week surge that lifted major indexes 11 percent. Analysts say some slowdown in the market's climb has been due. Good news about surging home sales last month was offset partly by weak ...
LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks raced to fresh nine-month highs and oil rallied on Monday as a recent run of strong corporate earnings and anticipation for more boosted optimism for a recovery in the global economy. Tokyo stocks posted its longest winning streak in 21 years while emerging Asian stocks <.MIAPJ0000PUS> hit a 10-month high, following strong gains in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street may take a breather this week after an earnings-driven rally lifted the major U.S. stock indexes to their highest levels in months. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> climbed back above the 9,000 mark last week for the first time since January. And the Standard and Poor's 500 Index ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Nasdaq fell on Friday, halting a 12-day run-up, following Microsoft Corp's <MSFT.O> disappointing quarterly results, but gains in pharmaceutical and energy shares lifted the Dow and the S&P 500 to fresh 8-month closing highs. Microsoft shares slid 8.3 percent to $23.45, a day after the software maker posted ...
