Wednesday

Today, stocks rose, led by financial shares, as major indexes continued to trade at the best levels since last fall. The Dow was led by a 6.3% jump in General Electric. Also, the blue-chip benchmark has risen for three straight sessions and in eight of the last nine trading days. The Dow opened lower, hit its intraday trough in the first half-hour of trading, and built a fairly steady rally thereafter. We can only hope that the rest of September looks as good as has in the beginning of the month! DJIA +108.3 S&P 500 +16.13 NASDAQ +30.51