Fifth Up Day Lead by Quest Energy Partners

Stocks closed higher for a fifth day in a row as in investors were encouraged by a successful Treasury bond auction and consumer products maker Proctor & Gamble (NYSE: PG) confirmed its earnings forecast for this quarter and suggested that sales should improve in the next quarter.

The Dow closed at 9,627, up 80 points; the Nasdaq finished at 2,084, up 24 points; and the S&P 500 ended the day at 1,044, up nearly 11 points.

The Russell 2000, the leading index for the top 2,000 small-cap stocks, finished up over 7 points to end the session at 594.

Advances lead declines by a margin of 3 to 1 on the NYSE and Amex and 10 to 3 on the Nasdaq.

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