Wall Street ended a volatile session mixed day as investors' growing concerns about the housing sector and rising oil prices intensified their uneasiness over a motley batch of corporate profits.

US stocks retreated but managed a partial late-day recovery today as investors reacted uneasily to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on the economy and news that two Bear Stearns Cos. hedge funds were essentially worthless.

Wall Street eked out a modest advance today after investors found little motivation in remarks by Federal Reserve officials and also shrugged off a warning from chip maker National Semiconductor Inc.

Wall Street stumbled lower today as growing concerns over technology companies led jittery investors to pull money out of the market ahead of this week’s earnings reports.

Wall Street drifted to a slightly higher finish today as investors shied away from taking new positions in a holiday-shortened week. Despite the market’s languid tone, Google Inc. surpassed $500 for the first time.

Wall Street drifted to a slightly higher finish today as investors shied away from taking new positions in a holiday-shortened week. Despite the market's languid tone, Google Inc. surpassed $500 for the first time.

Wall Street extended its November rally into a new week today, betting that an upcoming series of economic reports will show strength in the overall economy with inflation contained.

A corporate profit warning and record oil prices overshadowed a benign jobs creation report and sent stocks sharply lower in the United States today.

Wall Street recovered from an earlier plunge to finish narrowly mixed today as investors attempted to rally from a week of losses fuelled by concerns that higher interest rates will strain the global economy.

Wall Street showed some signs of stability late today, posting a moderate decline after falling sharply early in the session in response to tumbling commodities prices.

Stocks in the United States finished a quiet session little changed today as investors’ anticipation of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates muted their reaction to lower oil prices and a trio of acquisitions.

The Nasdaq composite and Standard & Poor’s 500 indexes closed at five-year highs today after a positive report on the US economy’s service sector pushed stocks modestly higher.

US stocks fluctuated before closing slightly lower today after a Federal Reserve governor’s upbeat comments on inflation helped ease worries about a bleak forecast from Intel Corp. The major indexes finished mixed for the week.

Disappointing tech sector earnings set off a second day of selling on Wall Street today, though the markets showed strength in the face of a major selloff in Japan.

Japanese stocks plunged for a second day today, bringing its two-day loss to nearly 6% amid investor jitters about a widening criminal investigation of internet start-up Livedoor Co.

Falling energy prices gave stocks a modest lift today as Wall Street set aside worries about interest rates and a weak forecast from Intel Corp. But the gains weren’t enough to help the major indexes, which ended the week with losses.

Stocks extended their losses into a second day today after a cautious outlook from home builder Toll Brothers Inc. and a surge in energy prices rattled investors.

Higher oil prices and news of slowing growth in the service sector pulled stocks lower today despite some optimism over a 25 billion dollar bid for Guidant Corp.

Troubles in the technology sector pushed stocks lower today, with Apple Computer Inc. and a downgrade of Intel Corp. leading the market downward.

Stocks rose today after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivered an upbeat assessment of the economy and Wall Street focused on the solid earnings reported by a growing number of companies.

Wall Street regained its composure today, marching higher after companies including Merrill Lynch & Co. and International Business Machines Corp. beat earnings expectations.

Microchip pioneer Jack Kilby, who won the 2000 Nobel Prize for co-inventing the integrated circuits that ushered in the digital age of personal computers, mobile phones and the internet, has died after a brief battle with cancer. He was 81.

Surging technology shares prompted more buying on Wall Street today as investors welcomed analysts upgrades and Apple Computer Inc.’s reported talks to use Intel Corp. chips in its computers.

Wall Street limped to a mixed finish today as a surprisingly strong employment report raised fears that a surge in economic growth could spark inflation and prompt the United States Federal Reserve aggressively to raise interest rates.

Nagging worries about inflation bogged Wall Street down today with investors sending stocks lower as they tried to reconcile solid economic and earnings news, reports of anthrax discovered at the Pentagon, and a gloomy outlook on semiconductor stocks.

Conflicting signals on inflation kept stocks mixed in the United States today as investors abandoned riskier stocks and moved to safer blue-chip companies.

Falling oil prices and a broker upgrade of the semiconductor sector pushed stocks higher today, enticing buyers back into the market after the previous session’s losses.

Investors welcomed a lower-than-expected drop in wholesale prices and sent stocks higher today, ending a troubled week on Wall Street on a positive note.

Stocks rebounded from early losses in the United States today, closing higher as National Semiconductor Corp’s better-than-expected earnings soothed investors’ concerns over higher unemployment and rising oil prices.

US stocks rose modestly in uninspired trading today as investors looked past a mix of economic data and falling profit forecasts from Google Inc. and Applied Materials Inc.

Investors all but ignored another substantial retreat in oil prices today, leaving stocks mixed in a listless and lightly traded session.

Fresh questions about the strength of the economic recovery sent stocks lower today as a disappointing report on job creation weighed heavily on investor confidence. All three major indexes lost ground for the week.

A strong consumer spending and earnings report failed to fend off the pre-holiday doldrums on Wall Street today as stocks finished an uninspired session mixed. However, the major indexes managed a week of solid gains for the first time in over a month.

Shipments of notebook computers will rise by a third in the second quarter, helped by new processors introduced by Intel Corp., a Taiwan researcher said.

Wall Street was unable to shake its malaise over interest rates today, closing mixed despite a rally in technology stocks and a series of upbeat earnings reports from companies, including 3M and Eli Lilly. The Nasdaq composite index broke a four-day losing streak.

MICHAEL BUCKLEY, the Corkman who heads AIB, saw a massive 48% rise in his pay packet in 2003 to almost €1.4 million, the bank’s annual report reveals.

Technology shares sank today on disappointing news from Intel, briefly pushing the Nasdaq composite index into negative territory for the year despite a brighter forecast from wireless equipment maker Qualcomm.

Wall Street edged higher in choppy trading today, with investors making few moves as they waited for companies to start reporting their fourth-quarter earnings this week.

New fears of terrorism sent stock markets tumbling around the world today and extended Wall Street’s sell-off into a second week.

Wall Street pulled back today as wary investors decided to cash in recent gains despite upbeat news on IBM Corp. and Intel Corp.

The technology-dominated Nasdaq composite index suffered its biggest one-day point loss in nearly 15 months today after Opec’s surprise decision to cut oil production sent stocks tumbling. The Dow Jones industrials plunged 150 points.

Intel Corp. the world's largest maker of microchips, on Thursday said its first-quarter revenue will be flat to down slightly from a year earlier, amid weaker than expected sales of flash memory chips used in mobile phones.

NEXT week's flood of corporate earnings may offer the ailing US stock market some relief, if not a cure, after a brutal sell-off that drove stocks to their lowest levels in nearly five years.