KQEH Nightly Business Report December 25, 2015
Strong gains. But the major averages did manage to record their best week since late november. Volume was light on this holiday short and trading session and by the early close today the Dow Jones Industrials were off 50 points to 17,552. Nasdaq gained a wopping 2. 5 points and the s p 500 dropped 3. For the week, all the major averages rose about 2. 5 or more. Oil had a big week with prices for domestic crude rising roughly 9 . But be of good cheer there was some positive news today on the economy. Jobless claims fell to a near 42 year low. The number of americans filing for Unemployment Bene...