Market diary.

U.S. stocks eked out minor gains during the week ended July 26 as investors tried to keep hope alive that the Federal Reserve will stop raising interest rates to slow the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.8 percent to 11,102.50, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 0.7 percent to 1,268.40. The Nasdaq Composite Index continues to struggle, falling 0.5 percent to 2,070.46. The eclectic small cap LABJ 200 Index outperformed the rest, rising 1.6 percent to 130.63. Declines outpaced advances, 103 to 90, with seven issues unchanged. Locally, 27 stocks hit new lows and seven reached new highs. An 8 percent jump in Amgen Inc.'s stock to $69.61 per share helped lift the ailing biomedical sector 7 percent, the biggest sector gain of the week. Shares of Occidental Petroleum rose 5.6 percent to $106.57, while Edison International notched up 4.5 percent to $41.34 a share, bolstering the energy and utilities sector. Internet stocks were dragged down as shares of Digital Insight Corp. tanked, falling 32 percent to $22.11 a share. The online banking services firm matched second-quarter earnings estimates but only signed half the number of clients as in previous quarters. A recent high-flier, Hi-Shear Technology Corp., fell 12 percent to $13.89 a share on profit-taking, though the aerospace firm's stock is up 250 percent in the past year.