U.S. stocks moved sharply higher in Friday morning trade, fueling the Dow's rise to highs unseen since early January, following a better-than-feared jobs report and a move by the Federal Reserve to widen funding to banks.
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U.S. stocks losing some ground as technology weighs (MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance)
U.S. stocks jump higher in early trade, adding to the prior day?s rally, after the government reports far fewer job losses than expected in April, and the Federal Reserve widens the funding it offers to banks.
U.S. stocks lose ground as profit-takers step in (MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance)
Stock waiver between positive and negative as the "Friday effect" erases gains from a better-than-expected jobs report and Federal Reserve funding moves.
U.S. stocks rally for a second day on jobs data, Fed action (MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance)
U.S. stocks jumps higher in early trade, adding to the prior day?s rally, after the government reports far fewer job losses than expected in April, and the Federal Reserve widens the funding it offers to banks.
MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stock Indexes Up 1% And More For The Week (Nasdaq)
U.S. stocks on Friday wavered mostly higher to end with weekly gains after a day of mostly choppy trade as investors mostly pulled the plug on an early rally sparked by fewer job losses than expected and central bank liquidity moves.
MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Extend Gains Into Second Day On Jobs Data, Fed Move (Nasdaq)
U.S. stocks on Friday traded mostly higher, extending the prior session's strong gains, after the jobs report for April proved not anywhere near as bad as expected and after another move by the Federal Reserve to widen funding to banks.
U.S. stock indexes up 1% and more for the week (MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance)
Stock waver mostly higher to end with weekly gains after a day of mostly choppy trade as investors mostly pulled the plug on an earlier rally sparked by fewer job losses than expected and central bank liquidity moves.
MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Losing Some Ground As Technology Weighs (Nasdaq)
U.S. stocks on Friday remained mostly ahead after the April jobs report proved not as bad as expected and the Federal Reserve widened funding to banks, but Sun Microsystems Inc.'s disappointing results weighted on the technology sector.
MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Lose Ground As Profit-takers Step In (Nasdaq)
U.S. stocks wavered between positive and negative turf Friday afternoon as investors took money off the equities table, pulling the plug on an earlier rally sparked by a better-than-expected April jobs report and the Federal Reserve's move to widen funding to banks.
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