The summer rally continued Thursday, the biggest day of the earnings season.
Thanks to strong earnings from the likes of Starbucks (SBUX Quote) and Dow Chemical (DOW Quote), a well-received change at the top of DaimlerChrysler (DCX Quote), falling Treasury yields, and plain old momentum, the S&P 500(SPX Quote) and Nasdaq Composite(Nasdaq Quote) hit four-year highs yet again.
The S&P 500 rose 6.93 points, or 0.6%, to 1243.72, and the Nasdaq gained 12.22 points, or 0.6%, to 2198.44. The Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJI Quote) gained 68.46 points, or 0.6%, to 10,705.55. Meanwhile, the Russell 2000 rose 1% to 681.33, the latest in a string of all-time highs for the index. ...
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| Dow Jones | S&P 500 | NASDAQ | 10-Year Note | |
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| 10,309.92 | 1,091.49 | 2,138.44 | 32.31 |
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