Stock Market News for September 4, 2009 – Market News
Zacks Market Commentaries (September 4th, 2009) Writes:
Stocks broke a four-day losing streak, helped by better-than-projected August sales from retailers but the advance was lukewarm as investors chose to play it safe ahead of today’s non-farm payrolls report. After touching their 2009 highs, stocks have drifted lower this week on concerns that a major correction is in the offing. Sentiments are also shaky as September has historically been a rough month for stocks.
Yesterday, the 30-stock Dow Jones industrial average finished higher by 63.94 points, or 0.69%, at 9,344.61. The broad Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 8.49 points, or 0.85%, at 1,003.24, closing above 1,000 for the first time since Monday; the technology-laden Nasdaq composite index gained 16.13 points, or 0.82%, to 1,983.20. Twenty two of the thirty DJIA components advanced.
Although stocks traded in a tight range yesterday, the final hour of trading witnessed activity as traders picked up technology and financial stocks. Better-than-expected
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