Archive for February 24th, 2012

These stocks couldn’t quite nudge the Dow over 13,000.

Friday 22.30 GMT. A vote of confidence in the world’s largest economy helped the S&P 500 index of stocks extend this week’s gains and close at its highest level since the financial crisis in 2008.

A two-point gain was enough to push the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its highest level since June 2008, three months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the darkest days of the financial crisis.

JUST TWO POINTS: A two-point gain was enough to push the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its highest level since June 2008, three months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the darkest days of the financial crisis.

Swisher’s shares fall 5%, Charlotte stocks mixed

Cyanotech, Hawaiian Telcom stocks show gains in Friday trading

The S&P 500 closed at a post-financial crisis high, as the 2012 rally in US equities moved up another leg.

A two-point gain was enough to push the S&P 500 index to its highest level since June 2008, three months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the darkest days of the financial crisis.

Stocks ended narrowly mixed in another lackluster session Friday as investors hesitated to remain long ahead of the weekend, but the major indexes still posted gains for the week with the S&P logging its best finish since June 2008.

U.S. stocks notch weekly gains that pushed the S&P 500 to its highest close since the middle of 2008 as economic reports compete with concern about rising energy costs.