Blue Chips Up, Oil Weighs
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on Thursday  as better-than-expected economic data and healthy company  earnings helped the mood on Wall Street, but higher oil prices  limited the advances.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on Tuesday   after news of a stronger-than-expected jump in consumer   confidence raised investors' hopes for higher retail spending   and corporate profits.
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U.S. blue chips were down on Wednesday  on a sharp rise in oil prices after oil inventories rose less  than expected and a few Dow components disappointed investors  with their earnings and outlooks.
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U.S. blue chips rose on Wednesday  after American International Group AIG.N hiked its dividend  and crude oil prices edged down, but advances in technology  shares were limited by weakness in chip stocks.
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The blue-chip Dow average ended  slightly higher on Monday and the tech-driven Nasdaq also  gained as declining crude-oil prices made equities aside from  energy names attractive.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday, extending  Friday's rally, as oil prices inched down.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks ended higher on Thursday as optimism about strong profits from companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp., pushed the Dow to a new record close.
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U.S. blue chips rose on Thursday, led  by tobacco stocks, while technology share were under pressure  by a warning from Applied Materials Inc., the world's biggest  semiconductor-equipment maker.
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European equity markets were expected to open higher on Wednesday after blue chips in the US posted their biggest daily gains in four months, however, caution is expected as oil prices turned higher.
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US blue chips rose on Thursday, led by tobacco stocks, while technology share were under pressure by a warning from Applied Materials Inc.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Tuesday as oil prices stepped back from earlier lows, but better-than-expected earnings from International Business Machines Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc., boosted blue chips and technology shares...
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British blue chips rose as a spike in the price of oil offset initial enthusiasm over better-than-expected US jobs data.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks changed course  and rose late Tuesday afternoon as a drop in oil prices helped  steady the market, although investors remained cautious before  tech bellwether Intel Corp.'s INTC.O earnings.
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U.S. blue chips lost early gains and  slipped lower on Wednesday as oil prices rose and terrorism  fears sparked by a chemical scare in Washington crept into the  marketplace.
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U.S. blue chips rose slightly on  Tuesday on better-than-expected earnings from tech bellwethers  IBM Corp. IBM.N and Texas Instruments Inc. TXN.N and lower  oil prices but losses by health insurers kept a lid on gains.
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U.S. blue chips edged higher on Monday, helped by a gain in Boeing Co. , but disappointing earnings outlooks from printer maker Lexmark Inc.  and others limited the market's advance.
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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.