Stocks edge higher, breaking a weeklong slump

Friday, October 26, 2012

NEW YORK -- A weak showing in home sales and a mixed batch of earnings reports kept stocks flipping between minor gains and losses on Wall Street. By the end of the day, the major indexes managed to eke out their second day of gains this week.

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