Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 16, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stocks were little changed on Friday, but commodity-related shares rose on energy and gold prices, while Hewlett-Packard dragged on the Dow industrials.


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Active Network Chief Executive Officer Dave Alberga, President Matt Landa and CFO Scott Mendel on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to mark the company's initial public offering. (Photo: Business Wire)AP – Asian stocks rebounded Thursday as higher oil prices revived investor interest in commodity companies and corporate announcements in Japan helped investors shake off worries over the European debt crisis.


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Traders work after the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 12, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters – Stocks fell about 1 percent on Friday as a strengthening in the dollar due to global uncertainty caused a drop in commodity-related and financial shares.


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A GMC vehicle is seen parked in front of a trader standing outside of the New York Stock Exchange November 18, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonAP – Stocks turned higher in afternoon trading Thursday after prices for oil and other key commodities like copper stabilized. Energy stocks remained under pressure.


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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 2, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stocks rose on Monday as commodity-related shares rebounded from last week’s collapse, masking deeper doubts about what will sustain the market’s long-term strength.


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FILE - In this May 6, 2011 file photo, Mathias Roberts, right, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and William Bott of Barclays Capital work on the floor of the New York Stock in New York. Swooning bank shares contributed to a drop in European stock markets on Monday, May 9, as investors fretted over whether Greece will need a second financial bailout in just over a year.(AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP – Commodity prices are recovering some of their losses from last week, helping to lift the stocks of energy and materials companies The broader stock markets rose despite new worries about Greece’s debt problems.


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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 8, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – In the lightest volume session of the year, stocks fell after a lowered outlook from Kimberly-Clark heightened concerns about higher commodity costs squeezing profits in coming quarters.


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The Dow Jones industrial average was down 17.26 points, or 0.14 percent, at 12,409.49. REUTERS/GraphicReuters – Higher commodity prices drove a bid for materials and energy stocks in an otherwise lackluster session on Friday, ahead of the start of the corporate earnings season, seen as the next catalyst to drive stocks higher.


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