| Wall St week ahead: For stocks, Sept starts on upbeat note |
| US stocks could start next week with investors feeling a bit more optimistic about the economy, thanks to a strongerthanexpected jobs report, making further market gains more likely
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| SP 500 rides wave of optimism to best week in eight |
| The broad SP 500 index closed its best week in eight on Friday after recent economic data, including a strongerthanexpected labor market report, bolstered optimism that the economy would not fall back into recession.
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| Wall St rallies as jobs data spurs optimism |
| Wall Street closed a stellar week on Friday after recent economic data, including a strongerthanexpected labor market report, bolstered optimism that the economy would not fall back into recession. |
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| Wall St ends with moderate gains ahead of jobs reports |
| In the US, another broadbased buying effort sent stocks through key resistance levels. For today the US August jobs reports is the key macro data that the market would be watching out for. The nonfarm payrolls is expected to drop 80,000 in August as compared to a 1.31 lakh decline in July. |
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| Wall St jumps on data in best day in 8 weeks |
| Wall Street posted its best day in eight weeks on Wednesday as investor mood brightened after betterthanexpected factory data from the United States and China. |
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| US auto sales post weakest August since 1983 |
| Automakers posted their weakest US August sales in 27 years, underscoring uncertainty about the strength of the recovery in the world\'s largest economy. |
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| Wall Street surges; Nasdaq, SP 500 gain 3% |
| US stocks surge, the SP 500 bounces back above 1050 levels, near its 50day moving average. Strong US and Chinese manufacturing data triggered the gains. |
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| US consumer confidence and home prices edge up |
| US consumer confidence edged up in August while prices for US homes gained more than expected in June, providing a little relief for those concerned about a slowdown in the economic recovery. |
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| Wall St ends dismal month on flat note, semis slide |
| U.S. stocks ended little changed in choppy trading on Tuesday, closing out an August the bulls would like to forget. |
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| US markets ends flat |
| In the US, it was a lackluster session and the markets ended flat. Technical support at the 1040 line helped the SP 500 bounce back from an opening slide. The Dow too eked out slim gains. |
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| US July consumer spending gain strongest in 4 mths |
| US consumer spending rose at the strongest pace in four months in July, supported by a small gain in incomes that offered hope consumers will be able to keep contributing to a modest economic recovery. |
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| Wall Street slips 1.5% on fears about economic recovery |
| In the US, stocks fell sharply on account of fears about the economic recovery. Investors remained cautious ahead of key economic reports expected this week. The key indices fell about 1.5% each while the CBOE volatility index jumped more than 11%. |
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| Wall St edges lower on investor wariness |
| US stocks dipped on Monday as gains in consumer spending and income and a flurry of mergersandacquisition activity failed to prompt investor confidence in the flagging economic recovery. |
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| US mkts end 1.65% up on technical support, short covering |
| The Dow Jones industrial average gained 164.84 points, or 1.65%, to 10,150.65. The Standard Poor\'s 500 Index jumped 17.37 points, or 1.66%, to 1,064.59. |
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| Wall St slumps on economy woes; Dow below 10,0000 |
| US stocks sagged on Thursday and the Dow closed below 10,000 a day ahead of an expected downward revision in US secondquarter economic growth and a major speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. |
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