Stocks close up; Dow close to 13,000
Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images, 2006 | The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in Manhattan. With much of Greece coming to a standstill due to a general strike called against impending cutbacks, markets will be monitoring political leaders’ talks in Athens on Feb. 7, 2012.
It was just last summer that the Dow Jones industrial average shed 2,000 points in three terrifying weeks. Investors had a host of things to worry about, including the possibility of another recession.
Now the Dow is within reach of the rarefied 13,000 mark — a level it hasn't seen since May 2008, four months before the financial system almost came apart.
A strong one-day rally — caused...
