04 Feb 2009 | 09:34 US stocks end higher Stocks at Wall Street ended higher on Tuesday, 03 January, 2009. Couple of better than expected earning reports and a positive economic data pertaining to the housing industry gave a good boost to the stocks. Even though January car sales data checked in line with expectations, each company witnessing major drop, stocks ignored the data and Dow continued to climb upwards. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended higher by 141 points at 8,078, the Nasdaq closed higher by 22 points at 1,516 and the S&P 500 closed higher by 13 points at 838. Nine of the ten sectors ended in the green today. Financials were the only laggard. GM was one of the few laggards among Dow components today. The auto sales of January that checked in came in as usual. Ford announced January sales declined approximately 40% year-over-year, while General Motors reported a near 51% year-over-year drop...
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