That is the longest stretch of gains since a seven-month run that started in March 2009, when the market hit a financial crisis low, and ended in October 2009.
At the close of trading, the Dow rose 43.83 points, or 0.41 percent, to 10,685.98, clinching its longest stretch of gains this year.
All three market gauges finished their third consecutive winning week on Friday, giving them the longest weekly stretch of gains since August.
Major stock indexes rose for a second day on Wednesday, in the first two-day stretch of gains since the Federal Reserve gave a timetable for scaling back its economic stimulus.
Relatively bright economic reports did little to quell nervousness over the health of the broader economy, leaving traders wondering whether the momentum behind a remarkable stretch of gains, with the major indexes touching 13-month highs this week, was sustainable.
Such "desensitization" might reduce 1a afferent activity, thereby reducing stretch reflex gains and the excitability of the alpha motor neurones and so render descending motor impulses less effective.
The phenomenon of hypertonia (rigidity) in Parkinson's disease is best characterised, conversely, as increased high-level gain (as opposed to the precision associated with stretch reflex gain).
A stretch drive gained them 28, and victory by 21.
Some athletes — gymnasts, hurdlers and swimmers among them — may need to stretch to gain the flexibility they need for their sport, Dr. McHugh said.
Fueled by the A, B, C and D subway lines that run beneath it, the mile-long stretch is gaining momentum from new restaurants and businesses.
