US stocks finished an uneven session mixed today as investors grappled with the implications of a terror attack against a Saudi Arabian oil processing plant and a surprising decrease in factory orders.

Stocks turned higher in New York today, regaining most of the ground they lost in the previous session following a bright first-quarter outlook from semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices and upgrades of oil services stocks.

ELI LILLY, the maker of prozac antidepressant pills, raised its 2003 earnings forecast on demand for psychiatric medications including zyprexa for schizophrenia and new drugs such as cialis to treat impotence.