Dow, S&P end with record gains
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U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, with the Dow hitting a record on its biggest point gain since 2002, after healthy retail sales reassured investors about consumer spending and a $38 billion mining takeover fed expectations for more deals.
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NEW YORK -- Stocks surged Thursday, carrying the Dow Jones industrials into record territory as investors gleaned some positive consumer spending trends from retailers' generally sluggish June sales reports.
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Stocks rallied strongly in the US last night, with both the Dow and the Nasdaq at their highest for months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above its end 2003 level for the first time in more than four months.
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Stocks rose on Friday, driving the Dow industrials to a record high after unexpectedly flat consumer price data reassured investors that U.S. economic growth and inflation are under control.
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The Dow closed at a record on Tuesday, striking above the 14,000 mark for the first time, and the Nasdaq rose to a six-and-a-half-year high on a cascade of stronger-than-expected earnings.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average index hits an all-time closing high, marking a record for the third day in a row.
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It was a short but glorious week for the stock market, with both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poorâs 500-stock index closing on Friday at record highs.
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Stocks rose Wednesday afternoon, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average within a whisper of its record closing high, before the world's most widely watched stock market gauge pulled back.
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U.S. stocks extended gains on   Wednesday, putting the Dow within sight of its record high, as   a report showed an unexpected rise in August new home sales,   overshadowing concern raised by data depicting a fall in   durable goods orders.
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Stocks surged Wednesday afternoon, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing at its highest point ever, the S&P 500 hitting a 5-1/2 year high and the Nasdaq composite rising more than 2 percent.
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NEW YORK -- The Dow Jones industrial average reached a milestone Thursday in Wall Street's nearly seven-year recovery from corporate upheaval, economic recession and terrorism, briefly trading above its record high close of 11,722.98 set on Jan. 14, 2000.
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U.S. stocks extended gains on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both up more than 1 percent, as investors hunted for bargains among large cap technology shares.
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Stocks rallied Wednesday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to a new all-time record and the S&P 500 to a fresh 6-1/2 year high, after investors cheered comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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The Dow Jones industrial average posted its best week since November 19, rising slightly on Friday to achieve another record close, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dipped as investors were reluctant to take long positions before the holiday weekend.
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After days of flirting with its all-time peak, the Dow Jones industrial average finally set a new record this afternoon. According to preliminary figures the Dow closed at 17,727.26.
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NEW YORK, May 30 -- The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index hit a record high today, marking the end of a four-year healing period for U.S. stocks battered by the burst of the tech bubble, the collapse of Enron and WorldCom, the Sept. 11 attacks and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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US stocks rose, sending the Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s 500 Index to its highest close in more than three years and erasing the Dow Jones industrial average&#39;s loss for 2004.