How the Dow Jones industrials and other major stock indexes fared in Friday’s trading
By APSaturday, July 25, 2009
How the major stock indexes fared on Friday
Investors held on to the stock market’s rally Friday, extending a two-week jump that has added 11 percent to the stock market’s major indicators. Disappointing results from Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. hit technology shares, however, and dragged the Nasdaq composite index lower.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 23.95, or 0.3 percent, to 9,093.24.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 2.97, or 0.3 percent, to 979.26.
The Nasdaq composite index fell 7.64, or 0.4 percent, to 1,965.96.
For the week:
The Dow is up 349.30, or 4.0 percent.
The S&P is up 38.88, or 4.1 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 79.35, or 4.2 percent.
For the year:
The Dow is up 316.85, or 3.6 percent.
The S&P is up 76.01, or 8.4 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 388.93, or 24.7 percent.
