Markets Friday, 04/17/2009

Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:31:04 -0400

| Dow : 8131.33 up 5.90 | S & P : 869.60 up 4.30
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|NASDAQ: 1673.07 up 2.63 | Bond (10Y): 2.94%, 98.31 |

MARKETS:
Stocks extend advance
Better-than-expected results from GE, Citi and Google help Wall Street
gain on session. Stocks stretch run to 6 weeks.