Stocks Rebound, Softening Bite Of Weekly Losses

U.S. stocks rose Friday snapping three consecutive days of losses, but the index still posted their biggest weekly drop this year.

Modest increase on Friday, boosted by the tide of Intel Corp. (INTC 21.86, 0.58, 2.70%) and Boeing Co. (BA 72.30, 1.54, 2.18%) shares only shave part of a week of losses after the anxiety disorders in the Middle East and North Africa, to send oil prices to the highest levels for more than two years.

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 12,130, 61.95, 0.51%) closed out its biggest weekly point drop since the week ending August 13, 2010. On Friday, the action ended up 61.95 points, or 0.5% to 12,130.45.

Promotion of the index, shares of Boeing rose 2.2%, while the Air Force awarded the tanker lots worth over 30 billion U.S. dollars company late on Thursday.

Intel has also been strong, with shares rising 2.7% after analysts at Citigroup said sales of personal computers could be accelerated in March, with Intel, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Marvell that three of the most major beneficiaries. Shares of AMD (AMD 9.23, -0.06, -0.65%) was 2.1%, while Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL 18.81, -0.11, -0.56% ) rose 5%.

The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2781, 43.15, 1.58%) was up 43.15, or 1.6% to 2,781.05. 500-stock index Standard & Poor's (SPX 1320, 13.78, 1.06%) gained 13.78, or 1.1% to 1319.88. However, weeks of loss added to the S & P 500 is the worst week of November 12, 2010.

Friday's earnings managed to end the series week of daily losses. After spending $ 100, crude oil futures steady as concerns faded tight supplies for conditions related to Libya. Saudi Arabia and a group of countries largest oil consumer, said Thursday that there is plenty of oil on hand to replace supplies from Libya stopped. Nymex crude for April delivery (CLJ11 98.23, 0.95, 0.98%) settled below $ 98 a barrel Friday, up 60 cents.

"Opinion seems to be that there should be continued, prolonged problem with Libya," said Michael Yoshikami, chief investment strategist YCMNET instructors. Guarantees that other countries will help to fill gaps calmed the oil markets on Friday, he said. Although the session was moderate, the market does not "continue to march upward with Libya until the issue is resolved," he said.

Stocks also got a boost of soft Thomson Reuters / University of Michigan index of consumer confidence, which reached its highest level in three years.

Among the titles on which to focus, American International Group (AIG 38.40, -0.14, -0.36%) fell 4.7% after the insurer reported a net profit of 11.2 billion dollars in the quarter, but the insurance company paid to basic weaker performance. AIG also sounded a cautiously optimistic tone in that it held its first conference call with Wall Street analysts two years.

JC Penney (JCP 34.23, 0.07, 0.21%) shares fell 6.5% after its quarterly profit rose 36% and department store operator projected 2011 revenue above views on the street, but his point of view of revenue for the first quarter were well below expectations.

Shares of Salesforce.com (CRM 138.78, -0.05, -0.04%), which makes software that manages customer information in sales and marketing and other issues, rose 3.4% after that its earnings in the fourth quarter fell 46% in pumping costs and share-based charges, but revenue growth of strong and sustained company.

NutriSystem Inc. (NTRI 14.01, 0.12, 0.86%) shares slumped 31% after the fourth-quarter profit more than doubled compared to year-ago quarter, which included a massive devaluation, but sales have continued to decrease in weight management company. NutriSystem also gave to the poor of the new year.