NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. stock traders were in a Christmas mood Friday as the holiday shopping season got under way.
At the close following a holiday-shortened session, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 172.79 points or 1.35 percent to 13,009.68. On the New York Stock Exchange 2,440 issues advanced and 488 declined on total volume of 1.45 billion shares.