How the Dow Jones industrials and other major stock indexes fared in Friday’s trading
By The Associated Press, Gaea News NetworkFriday, April 24, 2009
How the Dow Jones industrials fared Friday
Investors set aside some of their worries about banks and the economy Friday after the government unveiled its methods for testing the health of banks. The Federal Reserve report was light on details, but didn’t bring any bad news. Investors were also pleased about quarterly results from Ford Motor Co., American Express Co. and Microsoft Corp.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 119.23, or 1.5 percent, to 8,076.29.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 14.31, or 1.7 percent, to 866.23.
The Nasdaq composite index rose 42.08, or 2.6 percent, to 1,694.29.
For the week:
The Dow is down 55.04, or 0.7 percent.
The S&P is down 3.37, or 0.4 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 21.22, or 1.3 percent.
For the year:
The Dow is down 700.10, or 8 percent.
The S&P is down 37.02, or 4.1 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 117.26, or 7.4 percent.