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Stock market closes out its best week since 2009
An early rally fizzled on the stock market Friday but still left the Standard & Poor's 500 index up 7.4 percent for the week, its biggest gain since March 2009.A surprise drop in the U.S. unemployment rate sent stocks higher in early trading, but the gains faded during the afternoon.The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.61 of a point to close at 12,019.42. The Dow ended the week up 7 percent,