November 03, 2009
How the major stock indexes fared on Tuesday
The Associated PressInvestors sidestepped some of their doubts about the economy and bought energy and industrial stocks as commodity prices rose. Stocks ended back-and-forth trading mostly higher Tuesday as a spike in the price of gold and corporate dealmaking extended an advance from Monday.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 17.53, or 0.2 percent, to 9,771.91.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.53, or 0.2 percent, to 1,045.41.
The Nasdaq composite index rose 8.12, or 0.4 percent, to 2,057.32.
For the week:
The Dow is up 59.18 or 0.6 percent
The S&P is up 9.22 or 0.9 percent
The Nasdaq is up 12.21 or 0.6 percent
For the year:
The Dow is up 995.52, or 11.3 percent.
The S&P is up 142.16, or 15.7 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 480.29, or 30.5 percent.