Markets Friday, 09/18/2009

Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:31:03 -0400
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| Dow : 9820.20 up 36.28 | S & P : 1068.30 up 2.81 |
| NASDAQ: 2132.86 up 6.11 | Bond (10Y): 3.47%, 101.25
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MARKETS:
Stocks hit one-year highs
Wall Street advances, stretching the recent rally, with the Dow, S&P
500 and Nasdaq touching best levels since last fall.

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Dollar hits 1-year low vs. euro
Greenback pressured by gains in equities and commodities. Yen bounces
on comments from Bank of Japan official.

Obama bolsters program that insures home loans
More homebuyers depend on government-insured FHA loans and defaults
are rising. Federal housing officials take steps to lower the
program's risk.