Blue Chips End Up as Retailers Advance
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Blue chips closed higher on Thursday,  ending up for the first time in 2005, as investors were  encouraged by December sales figures from some U.S. retailers.
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Leading British blue chips extended gains in late trade to close markedly higher, taking heart from strong gains across US markets led by gains in telecoms on positive earnings news and mergers and acquisition speculation, dealers said.
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Blue chips extended gains in late afternoon trade to close sharply higher, with Exel and miners leading the gainers, while investors also took heart from a rebound on Wall Street, dealers said.
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Blue chips ended the session slightly higher, reversing earlier losses in a late rally, boosted by healthy gains in AstraZeneca, strong earnings from Nokia and as Wall Street came off initial lows, dealers said.
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Philippine shares ended higher Wednesday, led by blue chips that gained on expectations of favorable third-quarter results due this week.
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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. AMAT.O, the world's  biggest semiconductor-equipment maker.
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UK blue-chips ended the day up, building on Tuesday&#39;s rally, with miners and financials driving gains although Northern Rock remained under pressure, while Wall Street extended its surge, a day after a half-point rate cut from the Fed.
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UK blue chips recovered from morning losses to close higher, with oil heavyweights gaining on record crude prices, and Wall Street edging higher, but still seeking direction ahead of the Federal Reserve&#39;s meeting on Tuesday.
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UK blue chips closed higher Thursday, reversing earlier losses, with higher commodity prices aiding the oil and mining sectors and investors encouraged by steady gains on Wall Street.
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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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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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Stocks rose on Monday, after Merrill Lynch  said it was getting a big foreign investment and with investors eyeing retailers as the busy holiday shopping season draws to a close.
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Blue-chip stocks rose on Tuesday, pushing the Dow past 14,000 for the first time, helped by an upgrade of American Express, but the S&P 500 index was little changed on subprime worries and falling oil stocks.
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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. blue chips were higher on  Tuesday, led by shares of major oil producers benefiting from  higher crude oil prices, which broke through the $50 a barrel  mark.
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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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Stocks advanced on Thursday as a rebound in global equity markets helped boost investment banks' shares and strong earnings from U.S. retailers on strong monthly sales allayed worries about the economy's health.