Stocks Rise as Fundamentals Trump Fear
July 22, 2014 at 16:52 PM EDT
Fundamentals trumped geopolitical concerns today–and the stock market was better for it. REUTERS The S&P 500 rose 0.5% to 1,983.53, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4% to 17.113.54. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.7% to 4,456.02 and even the small-company Russell 2000 climbed 0.8% to 1,156.15. Israel pressed on with its invasion of Gaza [...]