[$$] Dow Ends 2010 Up 11%

December - 31 - 2010

Dow Ends 2010 Up 11% The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose slightly, giving a quiet ending to a second straight year of gains for the market. Other stock measures fell modestly. MarketBeat: Why Is the Stock Market Open Friday?

Stocks traded near break-even levels Friday amid thin New Year’s Eve trading as the markets struggled to end the year on an upbeat note. Alcoa rose, while Hewlett-Packard fell.

Despite a lackluster finish to the year, investors remain in good spirits as stocks serve up solid annual gains.

Despite a lackluster finish to the year, investors remain in good spirits as stocks serve up solid annual gains.

US stocks were almost flat on the last day of the year, as investor profit-taking balanced out some 11th-hour deal activity.

US stocks were almost flat on the last day of the year, as investor profit-taking balanced out some 11th-hour deal activity.

Despite a lackluster finish to the year, investors remain in good spirits as stocks serve up solid annual gains.

Stocks pared losses as the Dow and S&P 500 rose amid thin New Year’s Eve trading, as the markets struggled to end the year on an upbeat note. Alcoa and Verizon rose, while HP fell.

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