Friday, December 29, 2006
U.S. stocks rise on final trading day of 2006
11:40 am ET Dec 29, 2006
DJIA
12,507
+5.61
S&P
1,423
-0.86
NASDAQ
2,429
+3.94
10Yr
4.72%
+0.028
U.S. stocks rise on final trading day of 2006
U.S. stocks were higher on Friday, setting the Dow Jones Industrial
Average on course for an almost 17% gain on the year, with investors
still cheering developments in the Apple Computer Inc. stock-options
inquiry and prospects that Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. is close to a
deal to sell Putnam Investments.
