Stock Market Today

U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, the stock market has closed higher for the fourth consecutive trading day, the main stock index hit the biggest weekly gain in nearly a year，investors are optimistic to the second-quarter earnings released by listed companies , so U.S. stocks rose.

EST at 16 o’clock on the July 9, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 58.73 points to close at 10,197.72 points, or 0.58%; the Nasdaq composite index rose 21.05 points to close at 2,196.45 points, or 0.97%; Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 7.68 points to close at 1,077.93 points, or 0.72%.

This week the Dow gained 5.3%, S & P 500 index gained 5.4%, Nasdaq up 5%, the three major stock indexes were set the biggest weekly gain since in July 2009.