Initially brushing off the previous day's weakness, stocks raced higher out of the starting gate yesterday morning, but the bears resumed control less than an hour later, sending the major indices sharply lower. Aided by continued strength in online retail giant Amazon.com, the Nasdaq Composite w ... Read more

Stocks extended their winning streak to four straight sessions yesterday, as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite set new closing highs for 2009. However, an afternoon pullback in the broad market caused the Dow to nearly test its morning low, then bounce back up in the final thirty minutes of tra ... Read more

Traders returned from the holiday weekend in a bullish mood, causing stocks to gap substantially higher on the open. Unfortunately for the bulls, the major indices only traded in a choppy, sideways range throughout the rest of the day, but stocks still finished firmly higher across the board. The ... Read more

Stocks followed through on the previous day's distribution, as the major indices registered another session of broad-based losses. Equities gapped higher on the open, but traders quickly sold into strength, sending the stock market into a downtrend that persisted throughout the entire day. The Dow ... Read more

Stocks whipsawed their way through a volatile, indecisive session yesterday, before finishing solidly higher across the board. The ongoing tug-of-war between the bulls and bears caused the main stock market indexes to oscillate in wide ranges of 1% - 2% throughout the first half of the day. In the ... Read more

Stocks built on momentum from the previous afternoon's closing rally, enabling the main stock market indexes to snag another round of strong gains and close at their highest levels of the past six weeks. After opening firmly in positive territory, the major indices drifted sideways to higher throu ... Read more