Money | Dow Jones Dow Edges Up 2 Points Traders avoid big bets ahead of jobless figures By Nick McMaster Posted Mar 2, 2010 3:20 PM CST Copied In this Feb. 25 file photo, trader Albert Young, left, studies his screens as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file) Stocks fell from their daily highs but managed to preserve token gains as American Express said overall credit quality was improving and the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index rose 1.1%, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow gained 2 points to close at 10,406. The Nasdaq added 7 points, settling at 2,281. The S&P 500 rose 3 points, closing at 1,118. Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. We knew Letterman would pipe up about Colbert eventually. White House makes Hegseth put his polygraph away. Report an error