Sentence examples for highest closes from inspiring English sources
But overall sentiment remained positive, pushing major indexes to their highest closes in more than a month and the Dow, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index and the Nasdaq composite index all back into positive territory for the year.
The stock market rose for a third consecutive day on Tuesday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index above 1,400 and the Nasdaq composite index above 3,000, their highest closes since early May.
An opening rally was stymied as investors pocketed some gains after a robust session on Tuesday, when Nasdaq and the S.& P. index hit their highest closes since late August and the blue-chip Dow snagged its strongest finish since Sept. 6.
Investors seized on this, and on remarks by the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, who said "the prospects for a return to growth in the near term appear good," to send the key U.S. indexes to their highest closes of the year Friday.
That was its highest close since September 2000.
It was its highest close since the end of August 2008.
It was the highest closing price since July 20.
The Dow hit its highest close since June 19 , 2002
It hit its highest close since Aug. 29.
It was the highest close for the Dow since Jan.
It was the highest close since Aug. 10.
