The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Also helping push up stocks today was an announcement by the Labor Department that the U.S. economy probably created 386,000 more jobs in the year through March than it had previously predicted. Finally, speculation that China could further stimulate its economy helped push stocks up early from the opening bell.
Let’s see how all three major U.S. indices fared on the day:
Index |
Change |
Ending Value |
---|---|---|
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 72.46 [0.54%] | 13,485.97 |
Nasdaq |
42.90 [1.39%] | 3,136.60 |
S&P 500 |
13.83 [0.96%] | 1,447.15 |
Looking at individual stocks, General Electric
Outside the Dow, Research in Motion
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