The streaking Dow logged its best single-session winning streak since July
The Dow stayed hot to close out the week, adding 125 points for an eighth-straight win -- its best winning streak since July. The S&P 500 logged a more modest win while the Nasdaq finished just below breakeven.
For the week, all three benchmarks settled higher, the blue-chip index logging its fourth-straight weekly win and best performance since Dec. 1. Elsewhere, Wall Street's "fear gauge," the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) turned in its third consecutive week in the red.
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- Plus, streaming stock to buy; cybersecurity stock flash sale; and the Dow's wild week.
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- Revisiting the Dow's monumental week.
Oil, Gold Prices Post Weekly Gains
Oil prices added 0.2% this week, but ended Friday lower as investors weighed supply and demand worries amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East. For the session, June-dated West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude shed $1.00, or 1.3%, at $78.26 a barrel.
Gold prices settled at a three-week high, as an interest-rate cut looked more likely to happen before the end of the year. June-dated gold futures added $34.70, or 1.5, to trade at $2,375 per ounce today, and gained 2.9% this week.