KQED Nightly Business Report December 29, 2017
Street. And today was like many others this year, not spectacular, but lovely and steady. At the end of penultimate trading day of 2017, the dow had notched its 71st record close of the year and has 25,000 in its sights. Also the blue chip average is tracking to end the year with six straight weeks of gains. That would be the first time for that since 1954. Here are todays closing numbers. The dow rose 63 points to 24,837. Nasdaq added ten. And the s p 500 tacked on just about five. 2017 will be remembered as one of the better years for u. S. Stock investors in a generation. Not as good as, sa...