U.S. stocks closed up 0.17%, Dow up

December 3 U.S. stocks closed up. At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 19.68 points to close at 11,382.09 points, or 0.17%. Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 3.18 points to close at 1224.71 points, or 0.26%. The Nasdaq composite index rose 12.11 points to close at 2591.46 points, or 0.47%.
Change half and half financial stocks, AIG rose 2.05%, up 1.55% Bank of America, Wells Fargo rose 0.94%, Metropolitan Life Insurance fell 0.82% or 0.49% Capital One, Goldman Sachs fell 0.12%. Multi-technology stocks higher, rising 3.87% Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola rose 3.39%, Google gained 0.21%, eBay fell 1%, Apple fell 0.22%.
News of the U.S. National Commission on fiscal responsibility and reform program of 3 to vote on the reduction of fiscal deficit, the results failed to meet the program before the U.S. Congress approves the necessary votes. U.S. Labor Department data showed U.S. non-farm employment in November increased by only 3.9 million people, far less than economists were expecting 15.5 million; November unemployment rate rose to 9.8% for this year, the highest since April level. In addition, the U.S. Commerce Department report showed U.S. factory orders in October were down 0.9%.

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