US Stocks vaulted higher for a second session on Wall Street today as investors welcomed the Treasury Department’s move to put pressure on the Chinese currency.

A late rally fed by falling oil prices pushed US stocks higher today, although Wall Street’s mood remained tentative amid uncertainty about the economy.

Verizon Communications’ $6.7bn bid for MCI met with indifference today on Wall Street, where stocks barely budged in very light trading.

US stocks plunged today, with the Dow Jones industrials shedding nearly 112 points, as investors were pummelled by a sharp climb in oil prices, rising unemployment and a disappointing 2005 forecast from General Motors.

Wall Street extended its record-setting rally today as a sharp drop in oil prices and a surprise jump in the US gross domestic product encouraged buying.

Stocks closed slightly higher in lacklustre pre-holiday trading in New York today, with a better-than-expected government report on oil inventories and good employment figures giving investors reasons to buy stocks.

Wall Street extended its fourth-quarter rally into a second day, supported by falling oil prices and a bullish assessment of the economy from a Federal Reserve official.

Investors shrugged off rising crude futures today to capture bargain-priced shares, sending the Nasdaq composite index up 2% ahead of Google Inc.’s much-anticipated initial public offering of stock.

Wall Street had an erratic trading session today, closing mixed as investors nervously watched oil prices but were also encouraged by good economic news.

Stocks were mixed in New York today as investors sought a direction for the market.

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.

More signs of the improving business climate – better-than-expected holiday sales and Nokia’s latest fourth-quarter outlook – sent stocks moderately higher today.

Wall Street sprinted higher today as investors kept their faith in a strengthening economy despite Friday’s disappointing employment report. The Dow Jones industrials climbed 102 points to fall just shy of 10,000.

Wall Street pushed higher today as investors looked past a weaker-than-expected report on jobless claims and tepid November retail figures. The Dow Jones industrials reached their highest level in 18 months.

Wall Street extended its retreat today after downbeat forecasts from companies such as eBay prompted investor worries that the market had risen too far. The three main indexes finished mixed for the week.

JACK DANIEL, an editor of papers for publications such as the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, spent $1,300 on a computer with an Intel chip to replace a three-year-old machine he said was too slow.

Wall Street surged ahead today, completing a remarkable 12-month period that saw the major indexes make a stunning rebound from the depths of the three-year-long bear market.

A batch of mixed earnings reports flustered Wall Street yesterday as investors searched in vain for strong evidence of a resurging economy by year’s end. Stocks lurched up and down before ending the session modestly higher.

Investors sent stocks sharply lower for a second consecutive session today as worries about second-quarter earnings reports overshadowed President George W. Bush’s proposal to increase the penalties for corporate fraud.