How the major stock indexes fared on Friday
The stock market is keeping its momentum going, giving shares their best week in more than two months. Moderate gains on Friday led by health care and utility companies pushed stocks…
The stock market is keeping its momentum going, giving shares their best week in more than two months. Moderate gains on Friday led by health care and utility companies pushed stocks to their best weekly performance since July after two down weeks. The Dow Jones industrial average reached its highest level in a year.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 78.07, or 0.8 percent, to 9,864.94.The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 6.01, or 0.6 percent, to 1,071.49.The Nasdaq composite index rose 15.35, or 0.7 percent, to 2,139.28.For the week:The Dow is up 377.27, or 4 percent.The S&P is up 46.28, or 4.5 percent.The Nasdaq is up 91.17, or 4.5 percent.For the year:The Dow is up 1,088.55, or 12.4 percent.The S&P is up 168.24, or 18.6 percent.The Nasdaq is up 562.25, or 35.7 percent. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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