Reuters - Stocks rose more than 1 percent on Tuesday as oil prices slid over $3 a barrel, taking the edge off a raft of disappointing earnings from American Express and others as well as a weak outlook from iPod maker Apple.

AP - Wall Street shook off early doldrums and closed sharply higher Tuesday after another drop in oil prices encouraged investors to set aside financial sector worries and go bargain hunting across the market. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 130 points.

Reuters - (Reuters) Stock futures pointed to a lower start on Wall Street, tracking a slide in European equities after dismal results from U.S. blue chips American Express , Apple and Texas Instruments .

AFP - European equities slid on Tuesday, with the telecommunications sector under selling pressure after mobile phone giant Vodafone warned over its sales outlook and Ericsson posted slumping profits.

Reuters - Stocks dropped 1.5 percent on Tuesday as soft energy prices, weak results from one of the country's biggest railway companies and bleak news from a big U.S. financial institution weighed on the market.

Reuters - The Dow edged up on Tuesday as a drop of about $4.50 in oil prices added to positive sentiment from Caterpillar's strong earnings, offsetting declines in tech shares, including Apple.

AFP - Shares in newly created energy giant GDF Suez fell on the first day on the Paris Bourse Tuesday as investors found no new lead to follow in the long awaited listing of the tie-up between private group Suez and state power utility Gaz de France.

AP - Wall Street traded mostly higher Tuesday as investors were encouraged by another sharp drop in oil prices and snapped up shares of undervalued financial companies.

Reuters - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index surged more than 1 percent higher on Monday, propelled by a takeover bid for TransAlta Corp, while resource issues climbed in tandem with commodity prices.

Reuters - Stocks slipped on Monday, as oil turned higher after last week's sharp drop and Merck and Schering-Plough hurt the pharmaceuticals sector.

AP - Wall Street turned in a mixed performance Monday as investors watched the price of oil regain ground and decided to cash in some of their gains from the stock market's big rally last week.

Reuters - (REUTERS) U.S. index futures point to a weak start on Wall Street. Futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq are down 0.3 percent.

AFP - Leading shares closed higher for the third successive day Monday, with Bank of America's results helping Wall Street remain in positive territory, as well as boosting the UK banking sector.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets fell on Monday when the financial services sector was dampened by news of a disappointing rights issue from British home loan provider HBOS, dealers said.