Dow Up 1,189 Points In 4 Days, Akamai Crushes Bears; One Reason To Consider Selling AMD Stock
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is enjoying a solid, albeit shortened, week of trading in the current stock market. IBD Leaderboard stock Microsoft, Caterpillar and fellow industrial powerhouse 3M paced the upside among the 30 Dow industrials stocks, each gaining 1 point or more. The Nasdaq composite, up nearly 0.8% in late-afternoon trading Thursday ahead of the July Fourth three-day holiday weekend, shows a 14.2% gain since Jan. 1; the S&P 500, up less than 0.7%, still harbors a year-to-date loss of less than 3%.
