U.S. stocks rise on final trading day of 2006

11:40 am ET Dec 29, 2006

DJIA

12,507

+5.61

S&P

1,423

-0.86

NASDAQ

2,429

+3.94

10Yr

4.72%

+0.028
U.S. stocks rise on final trading day of 2006

U.S. stocks were higher on Friday, setting the Dow Jones Industrial
Average on course for an almost 17% gain on the year, with investors
still cheering developments in the Apple Computer Inc. stock-options
inquiry and prospects that Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. is close to a
deal to sell Putnam Investments.