Wall Street gets late boost from tech, resources
A trader watches a monitor displaying stocks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange February 4, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks turned positive late in the session on Friday, recovering from a drop of more than 1 percent earlier in the day as investors snapped up technology and materials shares.
The Dow Jones industrial average added 10.05 points, or 0.10 percent, to end unofficially at 10,012.23. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 3.08 points, or 0.29 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,066.19. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 15.69 points, or 0.74 percent, to close unofficially at 2,141.12.
(Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Jan Paschal)
The stock market begun to decline after Mr. Obama speach on reform of the financial system: pure coincidence?
And the biggest crash in modern times was during Bushs reign. Co-incidence?
