Improving Economic Data Lifts Stocks
April 01, 2010 at 18:00 PM EDT
Stronger reports on the economy propelled stocks higher on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched closer to the 11,000 mark while the Nasdaq and Standard & Poor’s 500 stayed closer to the flat line. Three stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume came to 910 million shares. [...]