U.S. stocks fell last week, halting a two-week advance, as a worsening outlook for technology company earnings added to concerns that the eight-month rally in equities has outpaced the prospects for economic growth.

U.S. stocks climbed for a second straight week as the Group of 20 largest economies agreed to maintain economic stimulus efforts, and profits at companies including Wal-Mart Stores and Walt Disney beat analysts' projections.

U.S. stocks rose last week, breaking a two-week losing streak, as worker productivity, manufacturing and home-sales figures beat economists' projections and Warren E. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made its biggest purchase ever.

U.S. stocks had their worst week since May as disappointing new-home sales and a drop in consumer spending added to concern that the seven-month rally has outpaced prospects for an economic recovery.

U.S. stocks posted their first weekly decline in three weeks as several major companies forecast earnings that trailed Wall Street estimates.

U.S. stocks advanced for a second straight week as profits from J.P. Morgan Chase and Intel surpassed estimates, lifting the Dow Jones industrial average above 10,000 for the first time in more than a year. But on Friday, General Electric's and Bank of America's results helped push the Dow average down 67.03 points, to 9995.91.

U.S. stocks gained last week, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest close in a year, as Alcoa unexpectedly reported a profit and economic data signaled the U.S. recession is ending.

U.S. stocks fell last week, giving the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index its first two-week decline since July, after gauges of manufacturing and jobless claims missed forecasts, spurring concern that the economy is struggling to recover.

U.S. stocks had their worst week since July as disappointing reports on housing and durable goods raised concern that the market's record six-month rally has outpaced the prospects for an economic recovery.

U.S. stocks rose for a second straight week, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to an 11-month high, as increases in retail sales and industrial production signaled that the economy is recovering.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index posted its biggest weekly gain since July as rising forecasts for oil demand boosted energy companies and Goldman Sachs Group's recommendation lifted industrial companies.

U.S. stocks slumped the most in two months last week, as financials shares were hit by concerns that banks have rallied more than their earnings prospects warrant and energy producers were dragged down by lower oil prices.

U.S. stocks rose for a second straight week as better-than-estimated consumer confidence, housing data and technology-sector earnings suggested the recession is ending.

U.S. stocks rose for the fifth time in six weeks, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to its highest level since October, as rising commodity prices and a surge in home sales signaled an economic recovery.

U.S. stocks rose for a fourth week, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index above 1000 for the first time since November, as better-than-estimated employment, manufacturing and home-sales data boosted confidence that the worst slump since the Great Depression is ending.

U.S. stocks rose for a third week, completing the Dow Jones industrial average's best month since 2002, as companies such as Motorola and MasterCard topped analysts' profit estimates.

U.S. stocks rose last week, leaving the Dow Jones industrial average with its best two weeks since 2000, as companies beat profit estimates and an increase in home resales signaled an economic recovery may be underway.

U.S. stocks rose, propelling the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to its biggest weekly gain since March, as Goldman Sachs Group and Intel beat analysts' estimates and reports on manufacturing and retail sales signaled the economy is improving.

U.S. stocks fell for a fourth consecutive week, matching the longest stretch of declines over the past several years, as consumer sentiment dropped more than estimated and as oil's steepest retreat since January dragged down energy shares.

U.S. stocks fell last week, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to the first back-to-back weekly declines since March, as the World Bank said the recession will be deeper than previously forecast and a report showing the U.S. savings rate is at its highest level in 15 years signaled that consumers may continue to pare spending.

U.S. stocks fell for the first time in five weeks as a decline in crude oil prices hurt fuel producers and Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit ratings of 18 banks.

U.S. stocks rose last week, erasing the Dow Jones industrial average's year-to-date loss after oil's climb above $72 a barrel drove a group of energy stocks to a seven-month high.

U.S. stocks rose last week, producing the first three-month gain for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index since 2007, as commodities posted the biggest monthly rally since 1974 on bets that an economic recovery will boost demand for fuel, metals and crops.

U.S. stocks gained last week, with all of the advance coming on the week's first day, as news that companies such as Lowe's and Sears beat earnings projections was offset by concerns that the government faces higher interest rates to finance the bailout of the financial industry.

U.S. stocks last week fell the most since March, with the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index having reached the priciest level relative to earnings in seven months, companies from Ford to U.S. Bancorp selling shares and General Motors saying bankruptcy is probable.

U.S. stocks rose last week, erasing the year-to-date loss in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, as results from the government's "stress tests" of major banks reassured investors and the Labor Department said the pace of job cuts slowed in April.

U.S. stocks rose last week, completing the biggest monthly advance in nine years as first-quarter earnings beat analysts' estimates at two-thirds of the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index that released results.

U.S. stocks fell last week, ending a six-week winning streak for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, as concern grew that credit losses at banks are worsening and drugmakers slid following disappointing earnings at Merck.

U.S. stocks rose last week, giving the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index its sixth straight week of gains, its longest winning streak since May 2007, as profits at Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase ignited a rally in bank shares.

Stocks rose for a fifth straight week, capping the steepest rally since 1933, as Wells Fargo's higher-than-estimated earnings and investor speculation that banks will pass government stress tests spurred optimism that the industry's slump is ending.

U.S. stocks climbed for a fourth week, the longest stretch since 2007, after the economy showed signs of improvement and world leaders agreed on measures to halt the recession.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index gained for a third week in a row, pushing it toward the biggest monthly advance since 1991, after a government plan to rid banks of toxic assets and improving economic reports ignited a rally.

NEW YORK, March 23 -- Wall Street got the news it wanted Monday on the economy's biggest problems -- banks and housing -- and celebrated by sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its biggest point gain since November.

U.S. stocks posted the first back-to-back weekly rally of the year after the Federal Reserve said it would buy $1 trillion in bonds and after a report showed home construction snapped the longest streak of declines in 18 years.

Stocks tumbled yesterday as investor confidence in bank stocks waned, but Wall Street still closed the week in positive territory.

U.S. stocks ended a four-week losing streak with the steepest rally since November after the three largest U.S. banks said they've become profitable and General Electric said losing the top credit rating from Standard & Poor's won't hurt business.

NEW YORK, March 10 -- Wall Street snapped out of its gloom Tuesday and posted its best performance of the year, finding a glimmer of optimism in the most unlikely of places: Citigroup is actually managing to turn a profit.

U.S. stocks posted the biggest weekly decline in three months after American International Group reported a $61.7 billion loss, Warren Buffett said the economy is in "shambles" and General Electric faced increased concerns that it will be stripped of its top credit rating.

U.S. stocks declined, sending the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index and Dow Jones industrial average to 12-year lows, as the government rescued Citigroup and shares of drugmakers and insurers fell on President Obama's health-care plan.

U.S. stocks declined, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its lowest level in six years as economic reports raised concern that government efforts won't curb the recession.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17 -- Stocks tumbled Tuesday as investors around the world grew more doubtful that governments can quickly turn around the weakening global economy.

U.S. stocks fell last week after Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner failed to convince investors that his bank rescue will work.

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 -- The stock market made a strong late-day comeback Thursday on hopes that homeowners will get more help with their mortgages.

U.S. stocks rose last week, snapping four weeks of declines, on speculation that the deteriorating economy will force Congress to reach a compromise on President Obama's economic stimulus package.

NEW YORK, Feb 5 -- Investors shook off weak economic readings Thursday and placed bets on retail and technology stocks after several companies posted better-than-expected sales and profit reports.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 -- Investors worried about the recession have turned to a strategy of cherry-picking stocks -- on Monday sending tech shares higher and industrials lower.

U.S. stocks fell for the fourth straight week, capping the market's worst January retreat, after companies from Procter & Gamble to Caterpillar and Allstate reported earnings that trailed estimates.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -- Some of Wall Street's earnings anxiety eased Tuesday after companies including United States Steel and American Express managed to post profits in a difficult recession.

U.S. stocks fell as disappointing earnings at companies from Microsoft to Fifth Third Bancorp increased concern that the recession is deepening and that banks need to raise more capital.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -- At the dawn of the Obama presidency, the stock market could not shake its dejection over the rapidly deteriorating state of the banking industry.

U.S. stocks fell last week, led by financial companies after Citigroup said it would split in two to stanch losses and after Bank of America required emergency federal funds for its takeover of Merrill Lynch.

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 -- Wall Street's growing angst about company earnings gave stocks a mixed finish Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrials suffering their fifth straight loss.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 -- Wall Street extended last week's slide Monday as investors worried that the quarterly results companies begin releasing this week will signal the economy is in worse shape than feared.

U.S. stocks posted the biggest weekly retreat since November after companies cut profit forecasts and rising unemployment spurred concern the recession is deepening.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 -- Investors sent stocks lower Friday as the U.S. unemployment rate shot above 7 percent, signaling that Americans will be sticking to their tightened budgets.

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 -- A deal to help head off more mortgage foreclosures pulled Wall Street out of a slump Thursday, giving stocks a mostly higher close.

Stocks rose modestly yesterday as investors dismissed more poor economic news and crude oil prices briefly climbed back to $50 a barrel.

U.S. stocks last week advanced the most since November after fewer Americans filed for jobless claims and oil's biggest weekly increase in two decades lifted energy stocks.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 -- The last trading day of 2008 provided a merciful end to an abysmal year -- the worst since the Great Depression, wiping out $6.9 trillion -- six years of gains -- in U.S. stock market wealth.

U.S. stocks fell, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its fourth straight weekly retreat, after profit outlooks weakened, home prices plunged and the government confirmed that the economy shrank the most since 2001.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24 -- Wall Street rose modestly in light holiday trading Wednesday after the government released downbeat, but unsurprising readings on rising U.S. joblessness and declining consumer spending.

Wall Street pulled back again yesterday in muted trading ahead of the holiday, as another round of reports showed further deterioration in the housing market and broader economy.

U.S. stocks rose, posting the first back-to-back weekly gains in three months, as the Federal Reserve reduced interest rates to a record low and President Bush granted emergency government loans to General Motors and Chrysler.

U.S. stocks gained last week as a record jump in commodities lifted energy and metal companies and technology stocks advanced on the prospect that President-elect Barack Obama's spending proposal will revive economic growth.

U.S. stocks fell for the fourth week out of the last five as the worsening job market and oil's decline to a four-year low bolstered concern the recession is deepening.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1 -- The stock market on Monday suffered one of its worst days since the financial meltdown began, slicing 680 points off the Dow Jones industrial average as Wall Street snapped out of its daydream of a rally and once again faced the harsh reality of a recession.

U.S. stocks staged the biggest weekly rally in more than 30 years after the government agreed to protect Citigroup from more losses and automakers weighed cutting costs to win government aid.

U.S. stocks dropped for a third straight week on signs of a deepening recession and growing concern about the fate of Citigroup and the nation's automakers.

U.S. stocks fell for the second straight week as profit outlooks worsened for companies from Goldman Sachs to Best Buy, the Treasury revised its bailout plan and bankruptcy speculation dogged General Motors.

U.S. stocks fell last week, extending declines after the worst month in 21 years, as jobs and profit data stoked concern that President-elect Barack Obama will inherit an economy deep in a recession.

Stocks staged their steepest weekly surge in 34 years after the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut and signs that the credit crisis was ebbing helped boost equities, which are trading at the lowest valuations in two decades.

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 -- Wall Street ended another highly volatile session with a big last-minute loss as the market's stubborn worries about a protracted economic downturn and tight credit erased budding optimism about a housing recovery.

Stocks tumbled last week, driving the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index toward its steepest monthly loss since 1938, as investors worried about the global economy sliding into a recession.

U.S. stocks ended a rollercoaster week with the Dow Jones industrial average climbing 4.8 percent after the government's plans to buy stakes in banks spurred the biggest one-day rally since the Great Depression.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13 -- Wall Street shrugged off its worst week ever and staged the biggest single-day rally since the Great Depression, catapulting the Dow Jones industrial average to a record 936-point gain and offering relief from eight consecutive days of heavy losses. U.S. stock market paper gains totaled $1.2 trillion Monday, according to the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 composite index, which represents nearly all stocks traded in the United States.

Stocks plunged, sending the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to its worst week in 75 years on concern the credit crisis will spread from banks to consumer companies and energy producers, triggering a global recession.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 -- Stocks plunged in the final hour of trading Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 675 points, or more than 7 percent, to its lowest level in five years after a major credit-rating company said it was considering cutting its rating on General Motors. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index also fell more than 7 percent. The declines came on the anniversary of the closing highs of the Dow and the S&P.

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on the losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more than 875 points as concerns escalate about credit markets and the financial sector. The Dow lost more than 500 points and all the major indexes slid more than 5 percent.

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 -- Wall Street joined in a worldwide sell-off Monday, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest point loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.

U.S. stocks fell last week by the most since the September 2001 terrorist attacks as the passage of a massive financial-market rescue package was overshadowed by worries that tightening credit markets will prolong an economic slowdown.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 -- Congressional approval of the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan Friday did little to lift the financial markets from their growing dejection over the obstacles still facing the economy. Wall Street ended an intensely volatile week with the Dow Jones industrial average falling 157 points and the major indexes all suffering big losses.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 -- Pessimism about a protracted economic downturn washed over the markets Thursday, sending stocks plunging and further tightening the credit markets. Reports on declining factory orders and a seven-year high in jobless claims stoked fears that the government's financial rescue plan will not ward off a recession.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 -- U.S. stocks flirted with gains Wednesday but finished lower as investors waited for Congress to decide the fate of the $700 billion bailout proposal and considered the economic threats that might remain even if the legislation passed.

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 -- Wall Street snapped back Tuesday after its biggest sell-off in years as expectations grew that lawmakers would salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. But the frozen credit markets where businesses turn to raise money showed no sign of relief.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 -- The government's financial bailout plan failed in Congress on Monday, and stocks plunged precipitously, hurtling the Dow Jones industrial average down nearly 780 points in its largest one-day point drop ever. Credit markets froze further as fears spread that the economy was headed into a growing credit and economic crisis.

Stocks fell last week as Congress failed to approve a $700 billion bank bailout.

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- Tension grew in the financial markets Wednesday, sending most stocks moderately lower as investors worried about the effectiveness of a still-emerging government plan to rescue banks from crippling debt. The credit markets also showed added strain, with demand rising for short-term Treasury bills, considered the safest of investments.

Stocks sank yesterday as lawmakers questioned the Bush administration's financial rescue package.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 -- Stocks fell sharply Monday as investors grew nervous about the government's plan to buy $700 billion in banks' mortgage debt.

Stocks posted the steepest two-day rally since the 1987 crash as government efforts to bolster banks helped the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rebound from its biggest losses in seven years.

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -- Wall Street rallied in a stunning late-session turnaround Thursday, catapulting the Dow Jones industrial average 400 points after a report that the federal government might create an entity to absorb banks' bad debt. The report also cooled investors' fervor for the safest types of investments, such as government debt.

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 -- Wall Street plunged again Wednesday as anxieties about the financial system ran high after the government's bailout of the insurer American International Group, with investors wary of many banking stocks.

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Wall Street ended another tumultuous session with a sizable gain Tuesday, partly recovering from its worst sell-off in years after the Federal Reserve said it was keeping interest rates steady. Speculation that troubled insurer American International Group might come up with a much-needed cash injection made room for many financial stocks to rally.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 -- A stunning makeover of Wall Street sent stocks falling precipitously Monday, with the Dow Jones industrials suffering their worst slide since just after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Investors recoiled after a shakeup of the financial industry that took out two storied names: Lehman Brothers Holdings and Merrill Lynch.

Stocks rose last week after the rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and after improved outlooks for transport companies overshadowed concern that bank failures will spread.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 -- Stocks finished another volatile session mixed Friday, as gains in the energy, utilities and materials sectors offset some of Wall Street's concern over the fate of Lehman Brothers Holdings.

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- Stocks made a sizable comeback Thursday, as investors snapped up some of the financial sector's stronger players and pumped money into materials and transportation.

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 -- Stocks ended an up-and-down session moderately higher Wednesday as investors bought shares of energy, materials and consumer-staples companies but remained cautious about the financial sector.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 -- Stocks tumbled Tuesday, nearly erasing the previous session's big gains, after fresh concerns about the stability of Lehman Brothers Holdings punctured optimism about the financial sector. Each of the major indexes lost more than 2 percent.