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The Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed into positive territory for 2009, having gained 34% in three months.

he Dow industrials ended slightly higher on Friday while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dipped as investors paused to consider conflicting signals in monthly U.S. jobs data.

Rio Tinto Group, the third-largest mining company, is considering a plan to raise as much as $15 billion in a stock sale after rejecting an investment from Aluminum Corp.

Stocks idled as investors began looking ahead to jobs numbers that may either add new fuel to the market's three-month rally or throw it into a speedy reverse.

Stocks and the prices of oil and other commodities rose as hope for a global economic recovery grew despite GM's woes.

Officials say the financial system's recent thaw owes less to any single program than to a growing confidence that the government will take action.

A disappointing report on retail sales pushed stocks lower and boosted demand for Treasurys. Bank stocks kept falling.

Citigroup filed with the SEC to register about 1.6 billion more common shares as part of its move to convert preferred stock to common shares.

Stock rose at open following data showing the U.S. trade deficit rose less than many economists expected. Ford fell 6.4%.

Investors booked gains on last week’s rally and turned cautious about claims that the global economy is past the worst and ready to recover.