Thursday

Analyst upgrades of a trio of blue-chip companies helped push the stock market higher as investors looked ahead to the latest reading of U.S. employment. Other assets were more volatile than stocks, especially the dollar, which posted a solid rally versus the euro after Greece successfully completed an offering of 10-year debt. The yen and the pound also declined slightly today. DJIA +46.70 Nasdaq +11.63 S&P 500 +4.10.