Here's a mark you probably weren't expecting to be set: The Dow Jones Industrial Average just notched its best weekly gain since 1938, despite falling by 4.1 percent in Friday's trading. For the week, the Dow booked a gain of 12.8 percent, its strongest weekly performance in 82 years.
The S&P 500 finished down 3.4 percent on Friday, but still had a weekly gain of 10.3 percent. The Nasdaq Composite fell 3.8 percent on Friday, but on the week it’s up 9.1 percent. For both of those indexes, it was their best week since March 2009, when the markets bottomed out after the financial meltdown.
The Dow was aided by a comeback for the ages from blue-chip component Boeing, which surged 70.5 percent for the week. That was its best weekly gain ever.
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