Earnings drive gains for US stocks in morning trading
Stocks moved higher in morning trading Wednesday after several big U.S. companies reported strong quarterly results. Technology companies accounted for much of the market's gain, outweighing losses in health care and other sectors. Oil prices headed lower. The market was coming off a two-day losing streak and its biggest drop since August. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 8 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,830 as of 10:43 a.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 185 points... Читать дальше...