Stocks Slip on Day But Up for 2004
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U.S. stocks ended the last day of 2004  slightly down on Friday, but the main U.S. indexes posted their  second successive year of gains following a fourth-quarter  rally.
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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.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- Wall Street drifted to a slightly higher finish Tuesday, as investors shied away from taking new positions in a week shortened by the Thanksgiving holiday. Despite the market's languid tone, Google surpassed $500 for the first time.
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NEW YORK Stocks inched higher in quiet trading on Wednesday as a pair of government reports offered conflicting signals about the economy, and oil prices declined.
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Stock prices on Wall Street made a jittery recovery yesterday from a steep early morning fall that sent the Dow Jones industrial average plummeting more than 200 points.
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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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U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday as a rise in benchmark Treasury bond yields rekindled concern that higher interest rates would cut into corporate profits.
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U.S. stocks slipped at the open on   Wednesday after crude oil prices edged higher after seven days   of losses.
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The Dow industrials and S&P 500 edged higher on Thursday as a larger-than-expected rise in factory orders eased worries about the economy.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday as a   rally that briefly sent the blue-chip Dow above its record   closing high faded, with some investors choosing to lock in   profits.
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Wall Street was expected to edge higher at Friday's open as the price of crude oil slipped, in thin trade ahead of the New Year celebrations.
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U.S. stocks rebounded this morning in early trading, then gave back some of their gains as prices fluctuated following a global sell-off yesterday that triggered a 3 percent drop in the Dow Jones industrial average.
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US stocks advanced on Wednesday as President Bush won re-election, but slipped off the day&#39;s highs after a surge in the price of oil.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, a day  after the blue-chip Dow hit a 3-1/2 year high, as oil prices  tumbled more than a dollar and battered-down drug stock Pfizer  Inc PFE.N rose nearly 4 percent.
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NEW YORK - Stocks inched higher Thursday as investors shrugged off sluggish retail sales, disappointing worker productivity and a surge in oil prices, focusing instead on rising factory orders.    Trading was muted as investors awaited a mid-quarter update from U.S...
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U.S. stocks declined on Thursday, although a jump in oil prices lifted energy shares and helped the indexes trim losses  triggered by worries about banks' bad mortgage debt and a warning from home builder Toll Brothers .
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US stocks edged barely higher in early Tuesday afternoon trading as investors anticipated the Federal Reserve would stay on its course of only &quot;measured&quot; interest-rate increases.