Dow Jones average hits 9,700 on positive economic data

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economic data and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernankes speech. The U.S. Commerce Department said that sales at U.S. retailers surged 2.7 percent in August, the most in three years, led by a jump in auto purchases ...

rose 56.61, or 0.6 percent, to 9,683.41, its highest close this year. The S&P 500 index rose 3.29, or 0.3 percent, to 1,052.63, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 10.86,or 0.5 percent, to 2,102.64. ¡¡ ...

shrugged off news that wholesale prices rose 1.7 percent last month, and disappointing earnings from two major retailers, Best Buy Co. and Kroger Co., also failed to push the stock market off course. The Dow Jones ...

  Oct 04 2009