The stock market struggled to maintain its high point for the year today.
The Dow teetered around the 10,000 mark. The BizTimes Stock Index climbed 3.27 points to close at 122.73 Wednesday, its 52-week high.
However, local stocks gave up their peaks this morning. The largest local decliners this morning were Joy Global Inc. (down 68 cents to $51.57), Badger Meter Inc. (down 65 cents to $38.96) and Kohl's Corp. (down 62 cents to $60.12). The largest local advancers this morning were Harley-Davidson Inc. (up 44 cents to $26.74) and Johnson Outdoors Inc. (up 7 cents to $9.12).
The stock market cooled off today after RealtyTrac reported that U.S. properties subject to foreclosure filings totaled nearly 938,000 in the third quarter, up 23 percent from the year-earlier quarter and up 5 percent from the second quarter.
The organization said 1 in every 136 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing during the quarter. That's the highest quarterly rate since the real-estate-consulting company began issuing its reports in the first quarter of 2005.
Stocks clinging to 52-week highs
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