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.

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

U.S. stocks on Friday struggled to turn positive on the final trading day of 2010, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index on track for its best December since 1991. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 4.62 points to 11,574.33.

U.S. stocks on Friday struggled to turn positive on the final trading day of 2010, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index on track for its best December since 1991. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 4.62 points to 11,574.33.

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.

Nasdaq Composite poised to end 2010 with a strong 17% gain

U.S. stocks on Friday struggled to turn positive on the final trading day of 2010, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index on track for its best December since 1991. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 4.62 points to 11,574.33.

Nasdaq Composite poised to end 2010 with a strong 17% gain

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