Friday, August 19, 2005

Stock Markets Morning News 8/19/2005

U.S. stocks open higher

Reuters - U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday, with beverage company Coca-Cola Co. and auto parts company Delphi Corp. gaining on brokerage upgrades.

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Bargain Hunters Push Stocks Higher

A man walks by a Tokyo  brokerage's stock price board indicating the Nikkei 225 index's 46.91-point surge to 12,320.04 points on the Tokyo stock exchange Thursday afternoon, Aug. 18, 2005. Japanese stocks rose Thursday following a rebound in U.S. stocks overnight and buoyed by gains in technology and auto issues. The Nikkei rose to 34.25 points, or 0.28 percent to close at 12,307.37 points for the day. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Bargain hunters pushed stocks modestly higher Friday, encouraged by an analyst upgrade of Coca-Cola Co. and also hoping to take advantage of an otherwise down week.


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Stocks up: TSX claws back earlier losses as oil jumps $1 US a barrel

Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Stock markets moved higher Friday morning even as the price of crude oil rose on another round of supply concerns. A resurgence in the energy sector helped send Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index up 82.18 points at 10,473.48. A retreat in oil and gas stocks had taken the TSX down 109.42 points Thursday in its second triple-digit slide this week.

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Dollar clings to gains after 5 day rise

Reuters - The dollar held gains on Friday after a five-day winning streak against a basket of major currencies, as a robust U.S. factory survey backed views the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates.

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Thursday's Wall Street Glance

AP - Dow Jones Industrials

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NYSE says fines Merrill Lynch $10 mln

Reuters - The New York Stock Exchange on Monday said it fined Merrill Lynch & Co. , the biggest U.S. brokerage, $10 million for "supervisory and operational failures."

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Market Should Rise Despite High Oil Prices

AP - A stock market that has shuttled between a level of comfort over the economy and deep anxiety over oil prices may be making that zigzag again this week as the government releases key inflation figures.

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Nikkei ends flat after GDP, off 4-yr high

Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei average ended down 0.01 percent on Friday, a touch off the previous day's four-year high as weaker-than-expected GDP and a higher yen prompted selling in JFE Holdings and other recent gainers.

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Stocks set to edge up as Fed tops agenda

Reuters - Stocks were seen opening slightly higher on Tuesday, reversing some of the previous day's losses, with the focus on an expected hike in interest rates.

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Stocks drop on oil at record $64

Reuters - U.S. stocks slipped on Monday as crude oil climbed to a record $64 a barrel, stoking concerns about the impact of high energy costs on corporate profits and consumer spending, while worries about rising interest rates hurt shares of banks and home builders.

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