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What Happened in the Stock Market Today


Stocks rose throughout the day on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) closing at new highs.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

A growing belief that interest rates may rise more slowly than previously expected caused real estate stocks to advance, but helped put pressure on the financial sector. The Vanguard REIT ETF (NYSEMKT: VNQ) gained 1%, and the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT: XLF) fell 0.4%.

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Source: Fool.com

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