Last day of 2007

Markets wound down at the end of 2007, but stocks closed the year safely in the black despite the months of credit-market strife. In a session characterized by thin volume, stocks weakened as investors who had waited until the last possible minute for a year-end bounce swallowed their losses for tax purposes, according to Fred Dickson, chief market analyst at D.A. Davidson. For the year the Dow rose 6.4%, Nasdaq 9.8%, and S&P 500 3.5%. Investors are hoping that the new year, which won't kick-off until Wednesday on the stock market, will bring solid gains. Have a fun and SAFE new year's holiday. DJIA -101.05 Nasdaq -22.18 S&P 500 -10.13