NEW YORK -- Stocks rose for the third straight session Thursday as oil prices fell sharply and the government reported that the economy grew last quarter at a faster pace than previously estimated.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Tuesday, led by Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and other technology bellwethers, as investors bet that a sharp drop in oil prices will help shore up consumer and business spending.

The Dow rises 66 points despite a late sell-off of technology issues. Oil falls $1.58 to $124.22 a barrel. Stocks advanced Wednesday after a better-than-expected report on consumer prices tempered concerns about inflation.

Whenever investors rush to the exits, stocks of good companies tend to get trampled along with the bad. And there has been quite a stampede out of stocks since last October. Between then and mid April, Standard & Poor's 500-stock index declined 15%; at one point, the benchmark was 18% below its peak.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled on Wednesday, on concerns about inflation and higher interest rates as oil jumped to a record above $123 a barrel.

NEW YORK -- Treasury bond prices reversed course Tuesday, with investors pulling money out of government bonds to participate in a moderate rally in stocks.

LONDON (Reuters) - Stocks are likely to open steady on Tuesday, pausing after the previous session's sharp sell-off, with investors looking ahead to results from the technology, housing and consumer sectors.

NEW YORK -- Investors moved out of Treasury bonds on Thursday as a rally in stocks sent the Dow Jones industrials up nearly 190 points.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve trimmed interest rates but left unclear the outlook for further rate cuts, prompting profit-taking as the Standard & Poor's 500 index ended its best month since December 2003.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended little changed on Tuesday as setbacks for two drugs weighed down the pharmaceutical sector, offsetting the relief from a retreat in record high crude oil prices.