Stocks rally on anniversary of bear market bottom
Published March 9, 2010 - BizTimes Daily
The stock market clung to marginal gains this morning, one year to the day after stocks hit a bear market low.
Since hitting that bottom, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed 61.2 percent in the past year. The S&P 500 is up 68 percent since hitting its 12-year low of 676.53 one year ago today.
The past year has featured the biggest rally for the S&P 500 since the Great Depression.
The largest local gainers this morning were Badger Meter Inc. (up 43 cents to $39.26) and Manpower Inc. (up 28 cents to $55.53). The largest local decliners this morning were Kohl’s Corp. (down 30 cents to $54.14) and Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (down 19 cents to $7.30).



