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Dow Soars Above 9000

24-Jul-09

Solid earnings at Ford Motor Co. and others, sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) soaring above 9000 points in the early hours of trading yesterday. This marked the first time that the world’s best known stock market gauge had risen above the 9000 mark since January 2009. Likewise, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index [...]

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Dow Jones & S&P End Lower Yesterday

23-Jun-09

In trading yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 8339.01, down 200.72 points (2.35%) from the day’s start. Similarly, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index slumped 2.6% to 893.04 points, following the first weekly decline in more than a month. Most of the indices’ decline is due to the World Bank announcement that it [...]

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