Stocks heading higher as week working to a close in Europe

As the European markets work toward the close, the stock markets are pushing higher. France's CAC Is up 1.93%. The Dow industrial average is up 500 points or 1.7% and is in positive territory for the week.

A snapshot of the US market shows:

• Dow industrial average up 1.71% or 561 points at 33623.41
• S&P is up 56.55 points or 1.34% at 4277.5 on
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The S&P is comfortably above its 100-week moving average Moving average A moving average is a statistical tool that is used to smooth out short-term fluctuations in data and reveal longer-term trends. It is calculated by taking the average of a certain number of data points over a specific period of time, and then plotting that average as a line on a chart. The most common types of moving averages are simple moving averages (SMA) and exponential moving averages (EMA).In financial markets, moving averages are often used to analyze stock prices, exchange rates, and ot A moving average is a statistical tool that is used to smooth out short-term fluctuations in data and reveal longer-term trends. It is calculated by taking the average of a certain number of data points over a specific period of time, and then plotting that average as a line on a chart. The most common types of moving averages are simple moving averages (SMA) and exponential moving averages (EMA).In financial markets, moving averages are often used to analyze stock prices, exchange rates, and ot Read this Term at 4199.50.

Apple traded to a new 52-week high in trading today and approaches its all-time high at $182.87. The high price reached $181.76. The low price for Apple reached $124.17 back on January 23.

Next week Apple will have its developer's conference (on June 5).

Meanwhile, in Europe:

• German Dax is up 1.33%
• France's CAC is up 1.94%
• UK's FTSE 100 is up 1.65%
• Spain's Ibex is up 1.71%