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By Brendan Conway And Steven Russolillo NEW YORK?U.S. stocks surged for a fourth straight day to give a strong close to the second quarter amid encouraging Chicago-area economic data and a pledge from German banks to support heavily indebted Greece. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up rose 152.92 points, or 1.25%, to 12414.34. Intel [...]

Stocks ended the first half of the year solidly higher Thursday, as investors put a turbulent six months behind them. View full post on Latest stock market news from Wall Street – CNNMoney.com

Stocks were on track to end the first half of the year solidly higher Thursday, as investors were more than happy to bid good riddance to a turbulent six months. View full post on Latest stock market news from Wall Street – CNNMoney.com

If you said on January 1 that long-standing regimes in the Arab world would topple in the first half of 2011 AND that there’d be a massive earthquake and nuclear crisis in Japan AND that floods, tornadoes and wildfires would wreak havoc on a large portion of the United States, congratulations. You get a cookie. [...]

The market’s biggest movers Thursday were also in the spotlight on StockTwits, with First Solar, Hewlett Packard, eBay, Mastercard and Visa among the top trending topics. View full post on Latest stock market news from Wall Street – CNNMoney.com

By Brendan Conway NEW YORK?U.S. stocks pushed higher, putting the market on track for a fourth consecutive gain, after encouraging Chicago-area economic data and German banks’ pledge to support heavily indebted Greece whetted investors’ risk appetite.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 145 points, or 1.2%, to 12406. The Dow is still in negative territory for [...]

Oil prices have surged in the last few days and are now less than a dollar from where they were when President Obama made the controversial decision to tap the nation’s strategic reserve last Thursday. View full post on Latest stock market news from Wall Street – CNNMoney.com

By Brendan Conway NEW YORK?U.S. stocks advanced, putting the market on track for a fourth consecutive gain to close out the month of June.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 116 points, or 1%, to 12379. The Dow is still in negative territory for the month, but it turned positive for the quarter Thursday, led by [...]

By Brendan Conway And Tomi KilgoreNEW YORK?U.S. stock futures pointed modestly higher after data on claims for unemployment benefits showed little change to the state of employment in the U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 31 points, or 0.3%, to 12250. The Dow has gained 327 points over the past three sessions, its strongest [...]

U.S. stocks were headed for a fourth day of gains Thursday, as investors continued to cheer Greece’s steps toward securing an aid package and awaited an implementation vote. View full post on Latest stock market news from Wall Street – CNNMoney.com