March 18. 2010 2:00AM - Last modified: March 14. 2012 12:47PM

Dow shoots for 8th straight day of gains

By Jim Butman

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was poised today to post its eighth consecutive day of gains. The Dow clung to marginal advances at mid-day.

Local stocks in the BizTimes Stock Index were mixed in trading this morning, led by Bucyrus International Inc. (up 73 cents to $65.60) and Badger Meter Inc. (up 49 cents to $39.64). The largest local decliners this morning were Joy Global Inc. (down 86 cents to $56.02) and The Marcus Corp. (down 63 cents to $12.41).


 


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