month high early in the session before retreating. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 30.01, or 0.3 percent, to 9,539.29. Twenty-one of the index's 30 components rose, led by Boeing, J.P. Morgan Chase, United Technologies, and Travelers Companies. However, falling oil prices caused Exxon Mobil and Chevron shares to decline. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.43, or 0.2 percent, to 1,028.00. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 6.25, or 0.3 percent, to 2,024.23. The New York Stock Exchange composite index rose 26.08 to 6,697.22. The American Stock Exchange composite index fell 7.97 to 1,693.93. And the Russell 2000 index rose 2.98 to 583.22.
