A big rally topped a rollercoaster week today as the markets surged on a drop in oil of nearly $5 a barrel, MarketWatch reports. The Dow gained 302.89 points to close at 11,734.32, the Nasdaq rose 58.37 to 2,414.10, and the S&P 500 gained 30.25 to 1,296.32.
The markets shrugged off worse-than-expected quarterly losses from Fannie Mae, probably because of oil’s big swoon to $115.20 a barrel, a 3-month low. "The market has shown an incredible ability to absorb bad news lately," said Schaeffer Investment’s CEO. "But what I'd really like to see now is an across-the-board rally without the catalyst of lower oil prices."
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