KQED Nightly Business Report July 9, 2013
Report for monday, july eighth. Good evening, everyone, and welcome back from the long weekend. We begin tonight with a history lesson. 81 years ago today stocks hit rock bottom, on july 8, 1932, the dow sat at 4122. Not 4,000 but 4122. A nyse low. Today stocks turned in their third winning session in a row. The dow closed at 15,2 4. Share volume, 3. 5 billion shares. There wasnt much news to propel stocks today. Members conjured members of fridays jobs report. And the dow off its high for the session shot up 89 points, the nasdaq added 5, the s p 500 was up 8. The russell 2000 index of smalle...