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...Dow Jones industrial average rose 9.76 points to 5,636.64. Volume was lighter by recent standards at 327.82 million shares as of 4 p.m., down from Thursday's level. Broad-market indexes closed higher, with the NYSE's composite index up 0.71 to 348.77, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 1.42 to 650.61, the Nasdaq composite index up 1.44 to 1,101.23, and the American Stock Exchange's market value index increasing1.03 points to 569.35. In London, gold closed...
Advancing issues led decliners by a slight margin on Wall Street, but the Dow Jones industrial average was down 28.54 to close at 5,626.88. Volume was light. The America Stock Exchange market Value index gained 1.05 to 568.32, but other broad-market indicators were down. The NYSE composite index was off 0.14 to close at 348.06; The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was down 1.78 to 649.20; and the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.68 to 1,100.14. Gold at the London late fixing was selling...
...Dow Jones industrial average fell 14.09 points to close at 5,655.42. Trading was heavy at 408.99 million shares. Market indexes were generally lower, with the Standard & Poor's 500 composite down 1.71 at 649.98. The NYSE Composite fell 0.35 to 348.20, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 10.68 to 1,101.82. But the American Stock Exchange's market value index rose 2.70 to 567.27. In London, gold closed...
...last week, as the Dow Jones average plunged 171 points Friday, scoring points on the economy became much more complicated for both candidates. The market fell--bad news for Clinton, presumably--because the economy and employment are rising at unexpectedly high rates--good news for Clinton. Republican Dole cannot criticize the one without giving credit for the other. And the Democratic President cannot toast his own success without worrying out loud about the voters who have not benefited from stronger portfolios or fatter paychecks, or both. On economics, both Dole and Clinton will tread carefully, sounding more alike than...
ACTING LIKE A SPOILED RICH KID, WALL Street couldn't stand the news that another part of the economy--the one in which people work for a living--is having a better time of it. How else explain the 171-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average that, for investors, evoked memories of the Crash of 1987? The same bulls who had gleefully stampeded in the midst of corporate layoffs let out a bellow of pain last Friday, when the Labor Department reported that the U.S. had created 705,000 jobs in February, more than twice what had been...