Payroll Data Keeps Stocks Higher; Unemployment Rate Holds Steady
March 05, 2010 at 16:42 PM EST
Stocks capped off the week higher as investors cheered better-than-expected payroll data. Analysts were initially concerned the severe winter weather would have caused a bigger drop. The health care and business services industries actually had solid job growth. 24 of the 30 Dow components rose, led by oil companies. Shares of Apple (AAPL) gained 4% [...]
