Stocks blasted through to record highs on Friday, leap-frogging yesterday’s encouraging performance on the strength of an unexpectedly good nonfarm payroll jobs report from the Labor Department

The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded between the narrow range of 12920 and 12976; ending the day above the 21- day simple moving average at 12920, which shifts the daily cycle to positive. The

Initial Jobless Claims – in the week ending December 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 381,000, a decrease of 23,000 from the previous week's revised figure of

Retail Sales in July rose by 0.5%, slightly below expectations, but with the biggest gain since March. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey declined from 63.7 to 54.9 in August,