Dow Jones up

A stock market gaining confidence in the US financial system bolted higher today, propelling the Dow Jones industrials and Standard & Poor’s 500 index to their first four-day advance since last spring.

The market reversed losses from earlier in the session after President-elect Barack Obama pledged he would have a plan to deal with the nation’s economic crisis on his first day in office. After filling more spots to his economic team, Obama stated that “help is on the way”.