DOW JONES
To sustain rally, market looks to earnings 
Enthusiasm over government programs aimed at breaking a logjam in bank lending has become the key driver of the market’s recent surge. But that could take a back seat in coming weeks as investors return to their bread-and-butter indicator: quarterly earnings data.
Coming off a nearly 12-year low in early March, the Dow Jones industrial average just wrapped up its best four-week run since 1933. A shift from fear to hope has largely been propelled by policy initiatives and some corporate news, such as bank executives saying their businesses were profitable in January and February.
By Stephen Bernard , April 05, 2009
Wall Street looks past job data, logs 4th week of gains
The Dow Jones industrial average clawed higher to end above 8,000 for the first time in nearly two months, and logged an impressive fourth straight week of gains.
By Tim Paradis and Madlen Read , April 03, 2009
Dow jumps above 8,000 for first time in 2 months
Enthusiastic investors are buying up stocks again, sending the Dow Jones industrials above the 8,000 mark for the first time in nearly two months.
By Madlen Read and Sara Lepro , April 02, 2009
Wall Street rebounds on last day of the quarter
Wall Street resumed its advance Tuesday as investors bought up technology and financial stocks to beef up their portfolios on the last day of the quarter
By Madlen Read and Sara Lepro , March 31, 2009
Dow soars 500 points
Stocks surge on bank plan, rise in home sales. Wall Street is getting the good news it wants on the economy's biggest problems: banks and housing.
By Tim Paradis , March 23, 2009
Wall Street set for modestly higher opening ahead of housing, inflation reports
A day after the market's rally fizzled and ended a streak of four straight gains, investors are showing little conviction ahead of key economic reports about inflation and the housing market. Wall Street pointed to a modestly higher opening today.
By Stephen Bernard , March 17, 2009
Wall Street opens higher, building on 4-day rally
Investors reassured by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on the recession are extending Wall Street's gains into a fifth straight day.
By Stephen Bernard , March 16, 2009
WALL STREET: Stocks end mixed after jobs data
Investors have gotten used to bad news, but layoffs topping 600,000 a month still made for a volatile day on Wall Street.Stocks soared, sank and then clawed their way back to a mixed close today after the Labor Department released its February jobs report.
By Madlen Read , March 06, 2009
WALL STREET:Stocks move higher after 5 days of heavy selling
Stocks rallied today after a week of heavy selling on word of a possible Chinese economic stimulus package and an Obama administration plan to help struggling homeowners. A slightly better-than-expected report on the services sector also helped. All the major indexes rose more than 3 percent.
By Sara Lepro , March 04, 2009
Dow drops below 7,000
A relentless sell-off in the stock market Monday blew through barriers that would have been unthinkable just weeks ago, and investors warned there was no reason to believe buyers will return anytime soon.
By Tim Paradis , March 02, 2009
Dow set to break below 7,000 with AIG news
Concerns about the struggling financial sector and the weakening economy have sent stocks to their lowest levels in 12 years. The Dow Jones industrial average has dropped for six consecutive months, and is worth less than half of its October 2007 record high of 14,164.53.
By Madlen Read , March 02, 2009
Stock market indexes fall to '97 levels
Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1997.
By Tim Paradis , February 23, 2009
Losses among tech stocks drag Wall Street lower
Losses in technology shares dragged stocks lower on Wall Street today even as the government announced its latest plans for shoring up ailing U.S. banks.
By Sara Lepro , February 23, 2009
Stocks pare losses over nationalization fears, but end down
Stocks pared their losses Friday after the White House sought to douse fears that the government would nationalize crippled banks.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday afternoon the Obama administration continues to “strongly believe that a privately held banking system is the correct way to go.”
February 20, 2009
Bad day for the Dow
'There is more pessimism in the market as to when the economy is going to pick up steam' An important psychological barrier gave way on Wall Street Thursday as the Dow Jones industrials fell to their lowest level in more than six years. The Dow broke through a bottom reached in November, pulled down by a steep drop in key financial shares. It was the lowest close for the Dow since Oct. 9, 2002, when the last bear market bottomed out.
February 20, 2009
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