Dow jump boosted by oil

July 03, 2008

Blue chips ended a holiday-shortened trading week with a strong finish after record oil prices lifted energy shares and a jobs report added little to economic jitters. The Dow gained 73 points to 11,288. The S&P 500 rose a point to 1,262. The Nasdaq slipped 6 points to 2,245. Crude oil prices rose nearly $2 to $145.29 a barrel. Speaker: Ashraf Laidi, chief foreign exchange strategist, CMC Markets Conway Gittens reports from New York.