Stock Trading

Optimism about the government's February jobs report sent the Dow Jones industrials back into the black for 2010. Stocks ended Thursday with a moderate advance after managing only small moves for much of the day. Investors seemed to set aside concerns about the day's mixed economic reports and focus instead on the Labor Department's jobs report, due Friday morning.

The Dow rose 47.38, or 0.5 percent, to 10,444.14.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 4.18, or 0.4 percent, to 1,122.97.

The Nasdaq composite index rose 11.63, or 0.5 percent, to 2,292.31.

For the week:

The Dow is up 118.88, or 1.2 percent.

The S&P is up 18.48, or 1.7 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 54.05, or 2.4 percent.

For the year:

The Dow is up 16.09, or 0.2 percent.

The S&P is up 7.87, or 0.7 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 23.16, or 1 percent.