Dow, S&P 500 Push Higher to Snap Six-Week Skid

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The streak is over. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 were able to muster modest gains on Friday, allowing each index to turn in a positive performance on the week, snapping a six-week skid of declines. Hopes for a resolution of Greece's debt crisis fueled some investor optimism as Friday's economic data was mixed and the tech sector sold off ...

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