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Article: FirstAlert(tm) Daily 11/12: Wartime Lull.
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- November 12, 2009
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Nov 12, 2009 (FinancialWire via COMTEX) -- (Comment on this article at http://www.financialwire.net/2009/11/12/firstalerttm-daily-1112-wartime-lull/)
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November 12, 2009 (FinancialWire) (By Philip Holmes) -- Stocks closed modestly higher after light Veterans Day trading. Financials benefitted from a sense that the economy is improving and there was even a bright point in the homebuilding sector, with Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) gaining on favorable news.
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 10,291.26, up by 44.29 points, while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index gained 5.50 points on the day, to finish at 1,098.51. The Nasdaq ...