Stock Market Shrugs Off Jobs Report (BusinessWeek)
Major indexes finished higher Friday, led by industrial stocks, despite news that the U.S. jobless rate topped 10% in October, U.S. stock indexes closed higher Friday as investors snapped up industrial and other selected issues after an earlier market decline that was fueled by news the U.S. economy lost 190,000 jobs and the jobless rate hit a 26-year high of 10.2% in October. The late rally drove the Dow industrials above 10,000 for a second day.
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