SmarTrend Market Close Wrap-Up — December 9, 2011 (DJI,INX,IXIC)
Good afternoon, I’m Alison Kero and you’re watching Smartrend News. Today is Friday, December 9th and this is your market close wrap up. The major US equity indices closed higher Friday after European leaders agree to a fiscal compact but no clear solution to the debt crisis. Members of the EU met for two days to hopefully agree to a treaty which would enable the Euro to become stronger and avoid a possible European financial collapse. The summit agreed on stricter budget rules for the euro zone but failed to secure changes to the EU treaty among all the member countries