Stocks enjoyed an upbeat session after a not-horrible jobs report but both the Dow and Nasdaq ended the holiday-shortened week in bear-market territory.

Stocks opened higher Thursday as the market breathed a collective sigh of relief that the June job loss wasn't worse than expected.

Stocks opened higher Thursday as the market breathed a collective sigh of relief that the June job loss wasn't worse than expected.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 1.5 percent, ending the day firmly in bear-market territory. GM took a hit as one analyst raised the prospect of bankruptcy. Lehman Brothers rose.

Stocks were back on the see-saw Wednesday, rising and falling with each new report or flinch in oil prices.

Stocks were back on the see-saw Wednesday, rising and falling with each new report or flinch in oil prices.

Stocks were back on the see-saw Wednesday, rising and falling with each new report or flinch in oil prices.

Stocks coasted to a positive finish, fueled by better-than-expected sales from General Motors, short covering and a pop in a manufacturing gauge, in what was a rollercoaster start to the first half.

It was a rocky start to the second half for Wall Street as the market digested a mixed bag of auto sales, a $2 jump in oil prices and an encouraging reading on manufacturing.

Stocks had a wobbly start to the first half  as a $3 jump in oil prices and selloff in European banks rippled through the market.

Stocks plunged at the opening bell as a $3 jump in oil prices and selloff in European banks rippled through the market.

Wall Street looks set to start July just like June -- with red arrows. U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower start after wrapping up the worst first-half of the year since the first half of 1970 on Monday.

Stocks limped to the finish of an ugly week on Wall Street, with the Dow touching bear territory and the broader market continuing to be battered by a double dose of surging oil and a fresh round of banking troubles.

Stocks were mixed Friday as traders took a breather after Thursday's selloff that saw major indexes break through key levels and move dangerously close to bear-market territory.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a broadly flat open on Friday after Thursday's sharp fall and with more gloomy predictions rattling investors' nerves.