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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2006
... interest rates. A drop of more than $US2 a barrel in US crude oil prices drove down shares of major energy companies like Exxon, which weighed on the broader market. But a 1.4 per cent gain in the shares of Microsoft Corp lent support to the Nasdaq. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2006
... eight points firmer at 4,855. NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks pared gains as losses in shares of energy companies including Exxon Mobil weighed on the market, while the Nasdaq turned lower. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 24.73 points at 10,883.35. ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2006
... open slightly stronger following a positive lead from overseas markets. US stocks were flat on Monday as record profit at Exxon Mobil Corp lifted energy stocks, but the gains were offset by weakness in financial and utility shares in advance of a Federal ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2006
... from Friday's sharp declines, as falling oil prices and expectations of strong earnings from major energy companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. lured investors back. Credit-card issuer American Express Co., a Dow component, reported profit in line with analysts' ...

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... drag on the Dow, the Nasdaq and the Standard & Poor's 500 stock gauges. Energy companies also pulled the market down with Exxon Mobil Corp shedding about 2 per cent amid escalating threats against oil producers in Nigeria. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

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... the Housing Industry Association unveils November new home sales. NEW YORK - US stocks slipped with major oil stocks like Exxon Mobil losing ground on a drop in oil prices and financial shares falling after economic data reignited worries that the US ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2005
... higher profit forecast from aerospace conglomerate Honeywell boosted sentiment, while investors' appetite for stocks like Exxon Mobil and Procter & Gamble drove the S&P 500 to its highest close in four and a half years. But the Nasdaq ended marginally ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2005
... benefit of a drop in oil prices below $US59 a barrel was offset by news that the Federal Trade Commission issued subpoenas to Exxon Mobil Corp. and other big oil companies in a probe of gasoline prices. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 6.49 points ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2005
... stocks dropped after a government report of a rise in producer prices last month boosted inflation worries and as a slide in Exxon Mobil shares dragged down blue chips. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 62.84 points to 10,285.26. The Standard ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2005
... Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar rose in response to investors' perceptions that the economy is strengthening. Oil company Exxon gained, trimming some of its losses for the week as crude oil futures prices rose from a two-month low. The Nasdaq's biggest ...