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Where do you think the market is headed next week?
Where do you think the market is headed next week?
The stock market put in another positive week, closing mixed on Friday after a jobs report that saw payrolls decline less than expected but witnessed the
unemployment rate rise
to 9.4%.
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
closed up 12.77 points higher, or 0.2%, at 8763.01, while the
S&P 500
lost 2.26 points, or 0.2%, to finish at 940.20. The
Nasdaq Composite
ticked down just 0.6, or 0.03%, to 1849.42.
The Dow made a session-long attempt to move into positive territory for the year, occasionally surpassing the Dec. 30 close of 8,776.39.
For the week, the Dow rose 3.1%, the S&P 500 added 2.3%, and the Nasdaq moved up 4.2%.
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