Market pull ahead Thursday
US markets pulled ahead Thursday, despite a second consecutive week in which the Labor Department said first-time jobless benefits increased.
Stocks pointed lower early Tuesday a day after stocks surged by the biggest amount since October.Some pullback was to be expected a day after the Dow Jones industrial average jumped 498 points, or 6.8 percent, after the government detailed a plan to take over up to $$1 trillion in bad mortgage securities with the help of private investors.