Nasday up for the 10th week in a row
The US stock market is closed for the week. The S&P is up for the 4th day in a row. The S&P has had the best start to the year since 1991 after last years decline. The Nasdaq's rise is the longest winning streak since late 1999.
The final numbers are showing:
- TheS&P is closing up 19.28 points or 0.65% at 2803.77
- The NASDAQ is closing up 62.82 points or 0.83% at 7595.35
- The Dow industrial average is closing up 110.32 points or 0.43% at 26026.32
For the week, the major indices were mixed
- The S&P index rose by 0.39%
- The NASDAQ index rose by 0.90%
- The Dow closed near unchanged at -0.02%
The Dow's fall was the first after 9 straight weeks of increases.
