A light trading day on Wall Street closed with slight gains for major stock indexes. With oil prices reaching a 30-month high of $108 a barrel, some investors are waiting for Alcoa Inc. to report its first quarter earnings next Monday, the unofficial start of the earnings season, before making any big moves. Traders are hoping to see how rising gas prices and other commodity costs are affecting corporate profits.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 23.31 points, or 0.2 percent, to 12,400.03.
The S&P 500 rose 0.46, or less than 0.1 percent, to 1,332.87.
The Nasdaq composite lost 0.41, or less than 0.1 percent, to 2,789.19.
For the year to date:
The Dow is up 822.52, or 7.1 percent.
The S&P is up 75.23, or 6.0 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 136.32, or 5.1 percent.
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